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This is the President's panel of advisors made up by the 15 heads of the executive departments.
What is: The Cabinet?
The kind of laws created by legislatures.
What are statutory laws?
This branch creates laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
How many years does a Senator serve in his term?
What is 6 years?
A large, complex organization made up of appointed officials.
What is a Bureaucracy?
A public company that operates as a quasi-business enterprise for the government (ex. the Postal System).
What are Government Corporations?
This person is the head of the Executive branch.
Who is the President?
Which government official is at the head of the Senate? (The President Pro Tempore takes over in his absence).
The Vice President.
FDR's collection of legislative proposals aimed at providing socialist benefits, like pensions and healthcare.
What is the, New Deal?
The process of rulemaking that the assigned agency makes in order to enforce the law.
What is, Regulation?
This branch interprates the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Only in this branch, can someone filibuster to prolong or postpone the passing of a bill.
What is the Senate?
An executive organization that is closest to the President and under his direct control.
What are, Executive departments?
What was the first executive department, created by George Washington?
The Department of State.
This branch enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This part of Congress represents the people by their state population.
What is the House of Representatives?
The swapping of political support for a government job.
What is Patronage?
What is the most recent executive department?
The Department of Homeland Security.
The Legislative Branch is made up of two different branches:
What is The House of Representatives, and the Senate?
This person is the chairman/leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?