What is the United States Executive Branch?

Question

IS this the same as Federal Government?

Do you have any links that could give me good information about the U.S. Executive Branch?

Answer 1

Executive Branch is the branch headed by the President of the U.S.

The Federal Government includes all three branches: Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and Judicial Branch.

Answer 2

The Executive Branch is in the hands mostly of a cagey lawyer named David Addington, who runs all the incoming and outgoing messages, mail, info that flows through the offices of the real "nominal power" who is VP Cheney.

The name of the attorney is David Addington. He is the power behind the power behind the throne of King George.

Karl Rove is also an important minister when it comes to Republican Party politics.

The Federal government comprises much much more than just the Executive Branch. It includes, but is not limited to, all the bureaucracy, including the Government Accounting Office, the E.P.A., the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Internal Revenue Service, most of the military, possibly excepting the State National Guards, which are supposed to answer to the state governors, but who seem to these days be more and more acting out federal policy.

When you look at the Executive Branch, you must keep in mind that government has traditionally been taught as having three branches: 1) Executive, which is the Presidential power, including the State Department; 2)Judicial, which is seen as culminating in the Supreme Court and its 9 Supreme Court Justices, and 3) The Legislative Branch which is the Senate and the House of Representatives.

I think it should be taught as having four branches, the fourth being the bureaucracy.

Answer 3

The United States Executive Branch consists of the President, Vice President and Cabinet Members. I do not know if I have a clear memory about this, but I think that in Political Science 101, my professor told me that the Executive Branch has Governmental services or agencies. So it could be similar to the Federal Government. Also remember, the Legislative Branch creates laws while the Judicial Branch analyzes them.

Answer 4

Actualy, the founding fathers set it up so that the three branches aren't exactly equal. Most of the power is vested in congress, which is the branch of the people. To be honnest, though, I feel that the president, being the ONLY nationaly elected official, should not only be the head of state, but be the most powerful in terms of Foreign policy. (wars, alliances, treaties, etc.) Congress, however, should be the most powerful on domestic issues, as they are elected by each state to represent local interests on a national level. Of course, they can check each other's powers, such as the President can veto a bill passed by congress, but likewise Congress must approve treaties made with other nations by the President and declare war. I think that these two branches should be equal, but the Judicial should be only there to settle disputes between the other two branches. They should be the weakest branch. (more like a tie breaker if the other two cant agree.)

Answer 5

The executive branch is headed by the President, but is responsible for enforcing the laws set forth by Congress. It includes, but is not limited to, the military, the FBI, the CIA, the Justice Department, all the Cabinet posts, the ATF, the Border Patrol, etc. Basically, anything that is on a federal level that has any kind of police power is a part of the Executive Branch.

Answer 6

The Government consists of the Executive Branch, The Judical Branch and the Legislative Branch.

Answer 7

The branch of the U.S. government that is composed of the president and all the individuals, agencies, and departments that report to the president, and that is responsible for administering and enforcing the laws that Congress passes.

The U.S. government is composed of three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive. The legislative branch consists of the U.S. Congress, which is responsible for creating laws. The judicial branch is composed of the federal courts, which are responsible for ruling on the validity of the laws that Congress passes and applying them in individual cases. The executive branch differs from both in scope and function.

The Executive Branch and the Constitution

The executive branch has undergone tremendous changes over the years, making it very different from what it was under George Washington. Today's executive branch is much larger, more complex, and more powerful than it was when the United States was founded.

When the writers of the Constitution were initially deciding what powers and responsibilities the executive branch—headed by the president—would have, they were heavily influenced by their experience with the British government under King George III. Having seen how the king and other European monarchs tended to abuse their powers, the designers of the Constitution wanted to place strict limits on the power the president would have. At the same time, they wanted to give the president enough power to conduct foreign policy and run the federal government efficiently without being hampered by the squabbling of legislators from individual states. In other words, the Framers wanted to design an executive office that would provide effective and coherent leadership but that could never become a tyranny.

The Framers outlined the powers and duties of the executive branch in Article II of the Constitution. The specific powers given to the president are few, and the language used to describe them is often brief and vague. Specifically, the president has the authority to be commander in chief of the armed forces; to grant pardons; to make treaties; and to appoint ambassadors, Supreme Court justices, and other government officers. More generally, the president is responsible for making sure "that the Laws be faithfully executed" (§ 3), though the Framers did not specify how the president was to accomplish this goal. The Framers also made no specific provisions for a staff that would assist the president; the Constitution says only that the president may "require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices" (§ 2).

To ensure that the president could never become too powerful, the Framers made many presidential powers dependent upon the will of Congress. For example, the president is given the power to make treaties with foreign countries, but those treaties must be approved by the Senate by a two-thirds majority. Similarly, the power of Congress is limited by the need for presidential approval. Congress can create laws, but those laws must generally be signed by the president; if the president refuses to sign a bill, it can still become law if Congress votes to override the president's veto by a two-thirds majority. In this way, the Framers did not divide powers between the branches so much as they required the separate branches to share power, resulting in a complex system of checks and balances that prevents any one branch from gaining power over the others.

Modern presidents do have greater powers than did their predecessors, as the executive branch has grown over the years to take on more tasks and responsibilities. For the most part, however, the power of the executive branch at any given time has depended on the leadership skills of the current president; the particular events and crises faced by the president; and the country's desire for, or resistance to, strong executive branch power at that point in history. Though the executive branch does have specific legal powers, the principal power of each president is simply that individual's ability to persuade others—primarily those in Congress—to follow recommendations. Whereas early presidents were selected by a small number of electors, modern presidents are selected by hundreds of electors who represent citizens nationwide; as a result, they have the advantage of a popular mandate, giving them a bully pulpit that no member of Congress can match.

Answer 8

No, it's not the same thing as the federal government. the executive branch includes only one person - the president.

Answer 9

The Executive branch consists of the President of the United States and his delegates. The President is both the head of state and head of government, as well as the commander-in-chief of the military, and the chief diplomat.

Answer 10

The three branches of the US Government are the Legislative (draft and pass laws), the Executive (enforce laws) and the Judicial (interpret laws).