“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln United States and Kansas Government Legislative.

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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln United States and Kansas Government Legislative Congress Make Laws Executive President Governor Enforce Laws Judicial Supreme Court Rule on Laws

Executive Branch Checks on the Legislative Branch Can propose lawsCan call special sessions of Congress Can Veto LawsMakes appointments Negotiates foreign treaties Checks on the Judicial Branch Appoints federal judges Can grant pardons to federal offenders

► ► The White House ► President of the United States: George W. Bush ► Vice President of the United States: Dick Cheney

The President’s Cabinet 15 Executive Departments Advisers to The President of the United States Department of Justice Department of Justice Attorney General Michael Mukasey Department of Defense Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Department of State Department of State Secretary Condoleezza Rice Department of Education Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings

Kansas Executive Branch ► Cedar Crest Cedar Crest Governor's Mansion Kathleen Sebelius LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Mark Parkinson (D) Mark Parkinson (D) Kansas Governor's Seal

Judicial Branch Check on the Executive Branch Can declare executive actions unconstitutional Check on the Legislative Branch Can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

United States Supreme Court 9 Members Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen G. Breyer Samuel A. Alito John G. Roberts Anthony M. Kennedy John Paul Stevens David H. Souter Antonin Scalia Supreme Court Building (left) Supreme Court Chambers (right)

“ EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW” “ EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW” Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas Chief Justice John G. Roberts Chief Justice John G. Roberts

Legislative Branch Checks on the Executive Branch Can override President’s vetoConfirms executive appointments Ratifies treatiesCan declare war Appropriates moneyCan impeach and remove President Checks on the Judicial Branch Creates lower federal courtsCan impeach and remove judges Can propose amendments to overrule judicial decisions Approves appointments of federal judges

USA POPULATION = 300,000,000 EACH U.S. HOUSE MEMBER REPRESENTS ABOUT 670,000 U.S. CITIZENS

Senate Leadership Senate president pro tempore Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Democrat Majority whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, Democrat Minority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Republican Minority whip Trent Lott of Mississippi, Republican

United States Senate 100 Members ► Sam Brownback ► Senate Chambers ► Pat Roberts

U.S. House Leadership 233 Democrats and 202 Republicans 110 th Congress Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House Steny Hoyer House Majority Leader Roy Blount Minority Whip James Clyburn Majority Whip Minority leader John Boehner of Ohio, Republican

United States Representatives from Kansas Nancy Boyda (2 nd District) Todd Tiahrt (4 th District) Jerry Moran (Big 1 st District) Dennis Moore (3 rd District) ► 435 Members

Ad Astra Per Aspera United States Congressional Districts (4 in Kansas)

Kansas Senate 40 Members  Tim Huelskamp (38 th District) Stephen Morris (Senate President)  John Vratil (Majority Leader) Anthony Henley (Minority Leader) ►

Kansas House Members 125 Members Melvin Neufeld (Speaker of the House) Ray Merrick (House Majority Leader) Dennis McKinney (House Minority Leader) Gary Hayslett (District 122) ► Kansas House of Representatives ► 125 Members

Kansas Supreme Court Seated left to right: Justice Donald L. Allegrucci, Chief Justice Kay McFarland, Justice Robert E. Davis. Standing left to right: Justice Carol A. Beier, Justice Lawton R. Nuss, Justice Marla J. Luckert, Justice Eric S. Rosen.

Links Kansas CongressUnited States Congress Kansas CongressUnited States Congress Kansas House of Reps. Kansas Senate Kansas Supreme Court Kansas House of Reps. Kansas Senate Kansas Supreme Court Kansas Congressional Districts Kansas Congressional Districts Kansas Capitol Kansas Capitol Haskell County Web Site Haskell County Web Site Kansas Senators/Representatives Boyda, Nancy Brownback, Sam Hayzlett, Gary Boyda, Nancy Brownback, Sam Hayzlett, Gary Huelskamp, Gary Moore, Dennis Moran, Jerry Huelskamp, Gary Moore, Dennis Moran, Jerry Roberts, Pat Tiahrt, Todd Roberts, Pat Tiahrt, Todd White House Cabinet White House Cabinet