What is the composition of the House of Representatives? Its main functions?
The USA. Talking Points
Who are the “Founding Fathers”?
- One of a group of men who started the United States as a country and wrote its constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
- They are amendments to the original constitution. They forbid the government from restricting or limiting such civil liberties as freedom of speech, of religion, and of the press ,and they guarantee to all citizens (at least in principle) certain legal procedures and rights.
What is the system of checks and balances?
- The system which ensures that no one branch would ever become too powerful, because the other branches would always be able to check the power of the other two. These branches work together to run the country. (3 branches control each other).
How is the system of checks and balances exercised? Give examples.
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What is the executive branch in the USA represented by?
-The executive power is vested in the President, who holds office for 4 years, and is elected, together with a vice-president chosen for the same term, by electors from each state.
6. What are the main functions of the executive branch?
-The executive branch of the government is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land. The president, vice president, department heads (cabinet members), and heads of independent agencies carry out this mission, and the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties.
What are the requirements for the president?
-be a natural-born citizen of the United States
-be at least thirty-five years old
-have been resident in the United States for at least fourteen years
What are the main functions and powers of the president?
-The expressed powers of the President of the United States are set down in Article II of the Constitution. The major function of the executive branch is to enforce the laws. Powers of the President Alone: commander in chief of the armed forces; commission officers of the armed forces; grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment); convene Congress into special session; receive ambassadors; take care that the laws be faithfully executed; make use of the "executive power" of the office, such as the veto power; give an annual State of the Union Address to Congress; appoint officials to lesser offices. Powers shared with the Senate/House: make treaties; appoint ambassadors, judges, and high governmental officials; approve legislation. The President also has "implied powers." These are powers that are not listed in the Constitution but have been used by presidents as conditions change. During times of emergency, the President often does things that would not be acceptable during peaceful times. President Lincoln, for example, raised an army, spent money, blockaded southern ports, and suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation without the approval of Congress.
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How many executive departments are there? Give examples.
-14 departments, there are a number of staff organizations grouped into the Executive Office of the President. These include the White House staff, the National Security Council, the Office of Management and Budget, thwe Council of Economic Advisers, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Office of Science and Technology.
What is the federal bureaucracy?
-The federal bureaucracy consists of the roughly 500 departments, agencies, administrations, authorities, and commissions that carry out responsibilities assigned to them through Congressional legislation.
How are the powers distributed between the national government and the state governments?
- Under the federal system of government some of the most important powers are given to the federal (or national) government. The rest of the powers are exercised by the states.
What is the legislative branch in the USA represented by? Who is the head of the legislature?
- The Congress,which bicameral and consist of the House and the Senate with 435 representatives and 100 senators respectively. The head of it is the vice-president.
What is the composition of the House of Representatives? Its main functions?
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