1. Congress- Legislative Branch
House of Congress
Main power/ role in the federal government
Leadership
and number of members
Term of Office in years
Qualifications to be elected to this House of Congress
Senate
(Upper House)
Make Laws
-Same as the House of Reps
* Only the Senate
-Approve Treaties
-Approve appointments to the cabinet and the
Supreme/ Federal Courts
 -Vice President
-President Pro Tempore
-Majority Leader
-Minority Leader
100 Senators
2 from every state  6
No term limit
-30 years of age
-9 Years a citizen
-Live in the state you represent
House of Representatives (Lower House)
 Make Laws
- To make and borrow money for the U.S.A.
- To regulate trade.
- Establish a post office and build roads.
Declare war.
Has final approval of the Federal Government’s budget.- “power of the purse”
To establish inferior (lower) courts to the Supreme Court.
-Speaker of the House
435 Representative
Number per state is based on the state’s population.
922,000 = 1 Rep  2
-25 years of age
-7 Years a citizen

2. Executive Branch- President
Chief Executive
Main power/ role in the federal government
Who else is in the Executive Branch besides the President?
Term of Office in years/ limits
Qualifications to be elected
President of the United States
1. Enforce laws made by Congress
2. Commander in Chief of the Armed forces.
3. Head of State/ Chief diplomat
for the United States.
4. Leader of their political party
Vice President
Cabinet- Executive Departments
White House Staff
 4 Years
2 Terms
35 Years of Age
Live in the U.S. for 14 yrs
Natural born citizen

3. Powers of the Supreme Court
Judicial Branch
Federal Courts
Main power/ role in the federal government
What are the other levels of federal courts under the Supreme Court?
Term of Office in years/ limits
How does someone become a Supreme Court justice or Federal court judge?
Supreme Court
1 Chief Justice
8 Associate Justices
To look over laws and decisions of the other branches of government and determine if they are constitutional- Judicial Review.
Judicial review is not mentioned in the Constitution. It was created in the Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison by Chief Justice John Marshall.
Supreme Court-1
Courts of Appeals- 13
U.S. District Courts- 94
These are the trial courts were most federal court cases start.
Term of office is for life.
 The Constitution gives no qualifications to be a Federal court justice or judge.
When there is an opening on the Supreme Court or another Federal court the President of the United Sates nominates someone, and then that person must be approved or confirmed by the Senate.