The Legislative Branch is made up of the two houses of Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of The Legislative Branch is to make laws on a particular Bill‚ which are written‚ discussed‚ and voted on amongst Congress. In the Senate there are 100 senators‚ two from each state. Senators are elected by their states and serve six-year terms. The Vice President of the United States is considered the head of the Senate‚ but does not vote in the Senate unless
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the birth of the three branches of government was born. The three branches of government consist of the Legislative‚ Executive and Judicial Branch. The Legislative Branch makes the law‚ the Executive enforces the law and the Judicial Branch interprets the law. Recently‚ there have been questioning on the government on whether the practice of the Executive branch was correct. In the case of King v. Burwell‚ the Supreme Court was asked to evaluate whether the executive branch’s implementation of the
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The powers of the Executive Branch‚ or otherwise the President‚ are spelled out in Article II of the Constitution; however Jeffery Tulis argues the point that there are two constitutional presidencies. The first one is the constitutional presidency that the Founding Fathers intended when they wrote the Constitution and it has changed little to none. The second is the informal version of the constitutional presidency that Woodrow Wilson devised and that the majority of Presidents since have followed
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contexts‚ one of the most ancient being the olive branch. The symbol of the dove and olive branch was used by early Christians and was later adopted as a secular symbol. It was popularized by Pablo Picasso in 1949 and became widely used in the post-war peace movement. In the 20th century the peace sign was adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The V hand signal and the peace flag became international peace symbols. The Olive branch has been used as a symbol for peace and goodwill for
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understand how the government functions it is necessary to understand the function of each branch and hoe they relate to each other. The legislative branch is made up of the senate and the House of Representatives to form congress. The most important duty of the legislative branch is to make laws. Laws are written‚ discussed and voted on in congress. The legislative branch can check the power of the executive branch by overriding or refusing to override presidential vetoes‚ ratifying or refusing to ratify
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FBI National Security Branch An overview of the National Security Branch‚ or the (NSB) is that it has four separate‚ but major components. These components or branches are divided into Counterintelligence‚ Terrorism‚ Weapons of Mass Destruction‚ and Terrorist Screening System. The FBI National Security Branch was created by a presidential directive and his headed by a Senior Bureau official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NSB was founded in September of 2005 (Federal Bureau of Investigation
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The Legislative Branch Bicameral system -House of Representatives ‘Members elected based on population ‘Elected every two years -The Senate ‘Two senators from each state ‘Elected to six-year terms Power of Congress -Raise revenue taxation -Determine how revenue is spent -Regulate commerce -Establish laws necessary for congressional objectives The purpose of legislation Three purposes: -Protective -Remedial -Fairly applied to all The legislative process The
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known symbol for peace is the use of olive branches found in the 5th century Greek arts. Greek plays‚ poems and even the coins they produced made references to the olive branch as representing peace. Christians then took this symbol of an olive branch from the Pagans and added their own twist by having a dove carry an olive branch and this new representation for peace had since been used within that religion. Many other symbols such as white poppies used in Europe‚ paper cranes and fire in Japan
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the Branch Davidian ranch at Mount Carmel. After the ATF ’s failed to execute the search warrant‚ a siege was begun by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which lasted 50 days‚ and ended when a second assault on the compound was made‚ and then fire engulfed the compound. Seventy-six people died in the fire‚ including more than 20 children and two pregnant women. As Peter Meyer points out‚ the mistakes began with the Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco and Firearms. The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian
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clear. For example‚ Mormonism is often described as a branch of Christianity because both religions have Jesus as a central figure. Despite this misconception‚ Mormonism and Christianity have major differences in their historical backgrounds‚ key writings‚ definitions of God‚ Jesus‚ and the Holy Spirit‚ beliefs about salvation and what happens after death‚ among other differences. Therefore‚ Mormonism is a religion on its own and is not a branch of Christianity because of the multitude of disparities
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