The Legislative Branch is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, …show more content…
Party Whips are elected by both parties in the Senate. The term whip comes from a hunting expression that refers to the member of the hunting team that is responsible to keep the hunting dogs with the team during a hunting adventure. Party Whips are assistants to the minority and majority leaders, filling in for them if needed, and are responsible for keeping a head count and gathering party members for votes and calls. The structure of the Legislative Branch is very complex and has many committees. Members of Congress also serve on committees and subcommittees, also known as little legislatures. They may be little, but these committees do most of the work in creating bills and shaping laws in Congress. These committees help divide the labor and helps Congress work more efficiently. There are four types of committees: Standing, Conference, Select, and Joint. Standing committees are the most common committees and they deal with issues that have a legislative concern. Standing committees also have many subcommittees that deal with the more specific areas of a concern. Conference committees are very common, but not as common as standing committees, and they deal with …show more content…
The President also acts as the head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The Cabinet of the Executive Branch is responsible for enforcement and administration of the federal laws on a daily basis. Fun Fact: the Executive Branch employs more than 4 million Americans. The President is head of the state and also head of the government of the United States and he or she is also the Commander-in-Chief of the United States armed forces. Due to the 2nd article of the Constitution, the President is responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress. There are fifteen executive departments and each department is led by a chosen member of the President's Cabinet; they carry out day-to-day administration of the federal government. The 25th Amendment deals with the succession to the Presidency and establishes the procedure to follow for filling in the office in the absence of the President. The 25th Amendment supersedes the wording of Article 11, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution and tells what the Vice President becomes the President or Acting President if the real President is to die, become impeached, or quits. The White house staff has a decent-sized role in helping the President and his decisions. The staff suggests ideas that the President would not have thought about, since they might not affect him as much as they would the staff. If the President