The United States federal government, whether you feel it is a beacon of democracy or a symbol of modern political gridlock, ...

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At the national level, they created three different branches of government to administer three different types of power. The legislative branch made the laws through a Congress of two houses ...

They decided to separate government into state government, local government and federal government ... the power of government into three distinct branches. The legislative branch makes the ...

But with a recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center showing that about a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government ... to eventually work with special ...

Resolves legal disputes between private parties, between private parties and the government, and between different branches of government ... Responsibilities: Creates federal laws, appropriates ...