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is ran by the congress.
Congress does not have time limits. Individual congressmen have time limits in the sense that their term of office runs out, but Congress itself can take as much time as it likes.
Everything runs on tax dollars when it comes to Government.
who run the legislative branch Congress runs the Legislative branch, and congress is split up in to two groups, the Senate and House of Representatives.
Together they have total conrol. The President runs the federal agencies and Congress funds them , creates them and can abolish them at will.
The President has what is called veto powers over the laws that Congress presents. He can either refuse it with reasons or just not sign the law until time runs out.
The 110th congress started in January 2007, so it is currently the 110th congress but in January 3, 2009 it will be the 111th congress (very soon).
Congress is the name of the Legislature of the United States of America. It consists of two houses, the Senate, the membership of which is the same for each state, and the House of Representatives, the membership of which is proportional to relative populations.
Each runs for office, people vote for them, and they are elected. They get the seat because people feel they will be represented in congress.
This phrase means that the President is the chief executive office of the country, the boss of the country, so to speak. It means that he runs the government and carries out the laws passed by Congress. He is the one who has the power to spend the money appropriated by Congress and to collect the taxes imposed by Congress and so forth.
No, they are elected by the people of their state in an election. Every six years a congress person runs for office. Representatives are every 2 years.