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U.S. Executive Branch Overview

Learn about the U.S. Executive Branch, including the President's duties, qualifications, term limits, and key agencies like the FBI and CIA. Understand the role of the Vice President, Cabinet members, and the Electoral College.

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U.S. Executive Branch Overview

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  1. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

  2. JOB • Approves/vetoes laws • Enforces the laws

  3. LEADER • President BarackObama

  4. TERM • 4 years • Can only serve 2 terms (22nd Amendment ratified 1951)

  5. QUALIFICATIONS • Must be at least 35 years old • Must be a natural born U.S. citizen • Lived at least 14 years in U.S.

  6. DUTIES of President • Serves as head-of-state • Meets with leaders of other countries • Chief of Government • The boss of every federal gov’t worker • Commander in Chief - official head of U.S. military • Approves/vetoes laws • Pres. can not write a bill, only propose one

  7. SECOND IN COMMAND • Vice President Joseph Biden

  8. DUTIES of V.P. • Presiding officer of the Senate • Breaks a tie vote • Attends cabinet meetings • Sits on committees • Succeeds the president in case of death or incapacitation • 25th amendment – Presidential succession

  9. Executive Agencies • Federal Bureau of Investigation (1908) • Central Intelligence Agency • Modern CIA formed in 1942 • Drug Enforcement Agency (1973) • Federal Emergency Management Administration (1803)

  10. CABINET • Advisors to the president – Why? • Because the president can’t do the job alone! • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – represents the president in foreign affairs

  11. Cabinet continued 2. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (also the secretary under George W. Bush) • Advises the president on military matters

  12. Cabinet continued 3. Attorney General Eric Holder • Created by Judiciary Act of 1789 • Advises the president on legal matters

  13. Cabinet continued 4. Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano • Advises on border security and acts of homeland terrorism

  14. Cabinet continued 5. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner • In charge of revenue collection, extending credit, money production, & economic policy

  15. Cabinet continued 6. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan • Advises and promotes education initiatives

  16. Electoral College Formal election of the president Candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win If there is a tie, the House votes for the president *to calculate the number of electoral votes you add the # of members of the House to the # of the Senate

  17. Electoral College Map

  18. 2008 Presidential Election

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