Three Branches of the Federal Government

1. The Legislative Branch

1.1. Congress

1.1.1. The Senate

1.1.2. The House of Representative

1.2. responsibilities

1.2.1. collect taxes

1.2.2. Borrow money any pay debt

1.3. requirements

1.3.1. Senator

1.3.1.1. Must be at least 30 years old

1.3.2. Congressman

1.3.2.1. Must be at leas 25 years old

2. The Executive Branch

2.1. president

2.1.1. Negotiate treaties with the other countries

2.1.2. Make a state of the union address t congress

2.2. responsibilities

2.2.1. Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces

2.3. requriements

3. judicial Branch

3.1. supreme court

3.1.1. stands at the top of the legal system

3.1.2. Article 3 of the Constitution created the Supreme Court as one of three coequal branches of the national government

3.1.3. led by chief justice

3.2. responsibilities

3.2.1. Collect Taxes

3.2.2. interprets laws

3.3. requirement

3.3.1. can declare acts of the president unconstitutional