Goverment and Political Parties

Legislative Branch

• makes the laws, Congress (Senate and the House of Representatives)

• Interprets the laws

• Executive Branch

Executive Branch

• 100 members, 2 per state, 6 year term

• Carries out the laws (enforces/executes laws)

• the legislature of the United States government (Senate and House of Representatives)

Judicial Branch

• One of the two major American political parties. Blue, Donkey, also sometime referred to as liberal

• any one of the people who live and vote in an area : a member of a constituency

• Interprets the laws

Congress

• the legislature of the United States government (Senate and House of Representatives)

• One of the two major American political parties. Blue, Donkey, also sometime referred to as liberal

• 100 members, 2 per state, 6 year term

Supreme Court

• 435 members, apportioned by population, 2 year term

  constituent

• the highest judicial court in a country or state.

• One of the two major American political parties. Red, Elephant, also called GOP (Grand Old Party) and sometimes referred to as conservative

Senate

• 25 yrs.old, 7 years a citizen, live in the state that they are running in

• One of the two major American political parties. Blue, Donkey, also sometime referred to as liberal

• 100 members, 2 per state, 6 year term

House of Representatives

• any one of the people who live and vote in an area : a member of a constituency

• 30 yrs old, live in the state that they are running in, citizen for 9 yrs.

• 435 members, apportioned by population, 2 year term

constituent

• 30 yrs old, live in the state that they are running in, citizen for 9 yrs.

• any one of the people who live and vote in an area : a member of a constituency

• to reject

Democratic Party

• 25 yrs.old, 7 years a citizen, live in the state that they are running in

• One of the two major American political parties. Red, Elephant, also called GOP (Grand Old Party) and sometimes referred to as conservative

• One of the two major American political parties. Blue, Donkey, also sometime referred to as liberal

Republican Party

• One of the two major American political parties. Red, Elephant, also called GOP (Grand Old Party) and sometimes referred to as conservative

• a system in which the different parts of a government have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful

• to reject