EXECUTIVE ⚒
POLITICAL PARTIES
Đảng Dân Chủ
(Đảng ng lao động) 
Đảng Cộng Hòa
(đảng người giàu)
⚖ equality & social/community responsibility
Individual freedom, rights & responsibilities
🤑 support progressive taxes
🆗 not oppose raising taxes to fund government
👍🏻 favor increase in the minimum wages to help workers
✂ support tax cuts for everyone (same tax rate regardless of income)
❌ oppose raising taxes
🤪 oppose raising the minimum wages -> it hurts business
👮🏻♀️ Based on community and social responsibility
🤴🏻 Based on individual rights & justice
😈 hinder free market capitalism & job growth
LEGISLATIVES 📝
ELECTING
CONGRESS Structures
Functions
🏛 Making laws
⚖ Approve Federal Judges & Justice
💲 Pass the National budget
💥Declare war
Senate
(Upper Chamber/body)
House of Representatives
(Lower chamber/body)
100 Senators
- 2 Senators / State
-> every state has the same power
435 representatives
- number of Representatives depends on the state's population
🧠 Head: President & Vice President
- Responsibilities:
Enforcing the laws that Congress set forth
Advisors: Cabinet
- Help 🧠making decision about:
Defense 🛡
Treasury 🧰
Homeland Security 🚔
JUDICIAL 👩🏻⚖️
SUPREME COURT
Functions
Settle State Disputes
Hear appeals from states & Federal Courts
Determine if Federal laws are constitutional
9 Judges
- work for a life time
Requirements to run
👶🏻 a natural born US citizen
3️⃣5️⃣ years old
1️⃣4️⃣ years to be a US resident
Process
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Interpret the laws