The Executive Branch

The Executive Branch of government is very important, it consists of the President, the VICE PRESIDENT, the Cabinet and a TONS of workers. Here's a little bit on the Cabinet:
the Cabinet originally consisted of four departments, War, State, Treasury, and Attorney General. Over the years different departments have been added. Today there are 15 departments:

1. Agriculture
2. Commerce
3. Defense
4. Education
5. Energy
6. Heath
7. Human Services
8. Homeland Security
9. Housing and Urban Development
10. Interior
11. Labor
12. State
13. Transportation
14. Veterans Affairs
15. Attorney General

The President lives and works in the White House. Some of the powers of the President are:

1. The President is Commander-in-Chief of the military (he is in charge of the military)
2. The President has the power to sign laws
3. The President can veto laws (Congress can override him by a 2/3 majority)
4. The President makes treaties or other trade agreements (Congress must approve them)
5. The President submits Supreme Court Justices to Congress, to be approved
6. The President submits Cabinet members to Congress, to be approved

The Vice President is elected with the President, but before the 12 Amendment of 1804 the Vice President was the runner-up of the to the President. During John Adams's turm Thomas Jefferson was Vice President, that was the only time that a President and Vice President were of opposing parties (Adams was a Federalist and Jefferson was a Democratic-Rebublician). If the President dies or resigns the Vice President takes over. The Vice President also can break a tie in the Senate.