National Government Vocabulary

Veto: To not allow or approve a law. The

president may veto a bill sent to him by
Congress.
Does you mom or dad ever veto something you want to do?
Bill
: an idea that might get turned into a law

Im Just a Bill

Checks and Balances
A system that was built so that no one branch of our government
could become too powerful.

Three Ring Circus
Executive Branch: The job of the executive branch
is to carry out the laws of a country. The president heads up this
branch. The president can pass or veto a bill.

The Executive Branch
Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court heads the judicial branch of
the United States government. The justices who make up the Supreme Court are
responsible for explaining and interpreting the Constitution.

Legislative Branch: The Legislative Branch is
also called the Congress. There are two parts that make
up Congress: the House of Representatives and the
Senate. They write and votes on laws.

Senate: part of Congress. Each state elects two Senators
to represent their state. They serve 6 years each.

The Senate

The Senate has 100 members. Each state has
two Senators.

Senators are elected every 6 years. To become
a Senator a person must be at least 30 years
old, have been a US citizen for at least 9 years,
and must live in the state they represent.
House of Representatives: part of Congress.
States with large populations have more representatives than
small states. Each representative serves for 2 years and
represents a certain area of their state.

Congress has two parts: the U.S. Senate and
the U.S. House of Representatives. Each state
has two U.S. Senators and at least one U.S.
Representative; the more residents a state has,
the more U.S. Representatives it is allowed.
There are 100 U.S. Senators and 435 U.S.
Representatives.