Transcript What is the “sequester?”

1.What is the “sequester?”
2.Where did the sequester come from?
3.If no one seems to want the sequester:
a. Why is it happening?
b. Why don’t they reach an
agreement to avoid it?
Back
The
People
State
Constitution
United States
Constitution
State
Govt.
Federal
Govt.
General
Governor
Assembly
State
House
State
Senate
PA State
Court
System
U.S.
President
Congress
U.S.
House
U.S.
Senate
Federal
Court
System
The Separation of Powers
The Federal Government is Divided into Three Branches
(So are all the state governments, by the way.)
I. Legislative Branch
A. Makes the laws.
B. Called Congress
C. Elected by the people.
II. Executive Branch
A. Carries out and enforces the laws.
B. The President, Executive Departments, and
Independent Agencies.
C. Chosen by the Electoral College.
III. Judicial Branch
A. Interprets the laws and punishes lawbreakers.
B. The Supreme Court and other federal courts.
C. Appointed by the President (must be confirmed by the
Senate).
Examples of the Separation of Powers from the
United States Constitution
Legislative
Executive
Congress makes it
illegal to import drugs.
The DEA catches
drug dealers.
Judicial
Puts drug dealers
on trial.
Decides if laws and
law enforcement is
Constitutional.
Congress makes a law
requiring everyone to
pay income tax.
The IRS collects
Holds trials for
taxes and catches
people that get
people who don’t pay. get caught. Decides
if tax laws are
Constitutional.
Appropriates $50 billion
for space exploration.
NASA spends the
money and builds
the rockets.
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