"The Federal government
- has three branches/arms: executive, legislative, and judicial.

The Executive Branch (The President)
- It consists of: The President, The Cabinet, The Federal Departments and Agencies
- The head of the executive branch is the President.
• He is elected for a four-year terms.
• He may be elected for two consecutive terms but no more.
• He is more powerful is more than our president.
• The official seat is in White House in Washington.
- The president nominates the heads of regular executive departments, who form a body
called the Cabinet. In cabinet there are the secretaries who advice the president.
- There are usually 10-12 executive departments. (such as The State Department with the Secretary of State as its head, the Treasury Department, the Defense Department, Justice, Post Office, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Healthy, Education, Welfare)
- The president is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
- He appoints federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory, and judicial officers
- concludes treaties with foreign powers, with the advice and consent of the Senate
- He can to grant federal pardons and reprieves

The Legislative Branch (Congress)
- is represented by American Congress – its seat is in the Capitol building in Washington
- The Congress of the US consists of two house:
 the House of Representatives = lower
 the Senate = upper

 The House of Representatives
• It has 435 members elected for a term of two years – whole the house
• The number of representatives of each state is based on population"