Executive Branch

Executive Branch

1. vice president

   • act as presiding officer of the senate
   • the vice president is a heart beat away from becoming president (literally) if something happens to the president the VP must be ready to step up and replace the president

2. The president

   • the chief representative of the government and the country's popular leader
   • commander in chief of the country's armed forces

3. the cabinet

   • the united states cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States
   • generally the heads of the federal executive departments