1. Young Voices with Action The Federal Government
Who do you call when:
There’s a big pothole in the street in front of your house.
Another country refuses to buy products that are being manufactured in your country.
You want to start and incorporate a business.
A major jobs program is needed to put unemployed people back to work.
Trash is not being picked up in your neighborhood.

2. Where does the federal government fit into our lives?

3. Where does the federal government fit into our lives?
Young Voices with Action
Where does the federal government fit into our lives?

4. Each level of government is rubbing shoulders with the others.
Federal government with other countries.
China
Russia
South Africa

5. Young Voices with Action Conflicts within States
Water Rights – for example, the Colorado River
Other issues like air pollution, drunk driving laws, etc.

6. Young Voices with Action Conflicts within Municipalities
Building a stadium
Other issues include shopping centers, office buildings, housing.
TWA Dome in St. Louis

7. Young Voices with Action Often times the feds, states and cities conflict with one another.
The federal government wants to protect voting rights for everyone,
but some states want to maintain the “right” to discriminate.
States decide how schools can be funded,
but different school districts would like to do it their own way.
A city wants to raise its minimum wage,
but the state won’t let it do it.
A city wants to build a new residential development,
but the federal government says that it is protected land and must be used to protect an endangered specie.

8. Young Voices with Action The branches of government
The Legislative Branch (makes laws)
City:
Board of Alderpersons
State:
General Assembly
Federal:
Congress

9. Young Voices with Action The branches of government
The Executive Branch (enforces laws … and much more)
City:
Mayor
State:
Governor
Federal:
President

10. Young Voices with Action The branches of government
The Judicial Branch (interprets laws … and much more)
City:
Traffic courts, etc.
State:
Criminal and Civil Courts (MO Supreme Court)
Federal:
Criminal and Civil Courts (U.S. Supreme Court)

11. Young Voices with Action Regulations – they’re big deals!
Examples within the Federal Government
F.C.C.
Federal Communications Commission
F.D.A.
Food & Drug Administration
E.P.A.
Environmental Protection Agency
F.E.C.
Federal Elections Commission
O.S.H.A.
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
C.F.P.B.
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau

12. Young Voices with Action The federal government protects
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard

13. Young Voices with Action The federal government gathers information
C.I.A.
Central Intelligence Agency
F.B.I.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N.S.A
National Security Agency
D.I.A.
Defense Intelligence Agency

14. Young Voices with Action What defines who you are?
St. Louis
Missouri
United States
Planet Earth

15. Young Voices with Action Problems with States
Rural / Metropolitan Divide
Segregation and lack of protection of civil liberties
Not the “best and the brightest”

16. Young Voices with Action The federal government represents:
Who we are … as a country
How we are evolving, changing, becoming different.
Our diversity … and sometimes our unity.
Our ability to solve problems, because it has

17. Young Voices with Action What you can do?
Vote in federal elections, and help make them more fair.
Follow the impact of federal decisions (Healthcare, Tax Reform, Gun Violence and Housing)
Contacting members of the federal government
Senate.gov
House.gov

18. Young Voices with Action Questions