US BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
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1. LEGISLATIVE
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH MAKES THE LAWS
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FIND PICTURES OF OHIO’S TWO US SENATORS.
Sherrod Brown
Rob Portman
FIND A PICTURE OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
CONGRESS IS BROKEN UP
INTO TWO PARTS.
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THE PARTS OF CONGRESS ARE CALLED….
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2. EXECUTIVE
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH CARRIES THE LAWS.
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FINDDonald
PICTURES
OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
Trump
Mike Pence
FIND A PICTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
FIND A PICTURE OF A CABINET MEMBER.
The person I picked name is Rex
Tillerson, and Rex is the Secretary of
State.Rex Tillerson got his job by a
recommendation. During one of Donald
Trump’s meetings, Condoleezza Rice
recommended Rex ,and Robert Gates also
recommended Rex.
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3. JUDICIAL
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH INTERPRETS THE LAWS.
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FIND A PICTURE OF NINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
FIND A PICTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT HOUSE.
FIND A PICTURE OF ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
Clarence Thomas
The person I picked is Clarence
Thomas.Thomas worked as a legislative
assistant to the senator for two years.
Some years later George Bush elected
Thomas to be a supreme court justice.
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HOW DOES A BILL BECOME A LAW?
1) A person comes up with an idea.
4) Once the bill is passed by both
houses, it will pass to the
Executive branch.
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2) The idea MUST start in the
Legislative branch, but they can be
talked about in either Senate or House
of Representatives first.
3) If the bill gets enough votes in one of the
houses, it will pass to the other house.
HOW DOES A BILL BECOME A LAW?
PART 2
8) Option C
C) Pocket veto the bill.
If congress is not in
session, it will not
become a law.
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5) This bill now goes to
the hands of the
president.
7) Option B
B)Veto it and the bill will go
back to the Legislative
Branch.
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Sign it and the bill becomes
a law.
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6) Option A
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