Executive Branch

Definition: Executive Branch

Executive Branch

Noun

1. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.

Domain	Title
Books	Biographical Directory of the Executive Branch, 1774-1989 (reference) Election Results Directory 1996 Supplement: A Complete Listing of State and Federal Legislative and Executive Branch Officials (reference) Federal Executive Branch Ethics (reference) History Speaks : Executive Branch of the Government (reference) Personnel Is Policy: Why the New President Must Take Control of the Executive Branch [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Almost Painless Guide to U.S. Civics: The Executive Branch (reference) Understanding the Government - The Executive Branch (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Since 1999, the Venezuelan Congress and the Executive Branch have issued a series of laws key to the economic development of the country. (references)
		The draft law on electronic signature was accepted by the Hungarian executive branch of government on February 21, 2001 and was sent to Parliament to be discussed. (references)
Children	Dominican Republic	The Oversight Organization for the Protection of Children, created by the executive branch, is the primary government institution covering issues of child welfare. (references)
Civil Liberties	Morocco	A proposed new press law, still before Parliament, would give such authority to the courts rather than the executive branch. (references)
	Panama	A special executive branch authority has discretionary powers to administer the libel laws, which provided for fines and imprisonment for up to 2 years. (references)
Economic History	Eritrea	The cabinet is the country's executive branch. (references)
	Dominica	A president and prime minister make up the executive branch. (references)
	Chad	Chad's judiciary is easily influenced by the Executive branch. (references)
Human Rights	Tunisia	They argued that the executive branch should not be using the justice system for political trials. (references)
	Cameroon	The court system remained technically part of the executive branch, subordinate to the Ministry of Justice. (references)
	Armenia	Legal and constitutional provisions make judges and prosecutors dependent on the executive branch for their employment. (references)
Political Economy	Peru	Peru is a republic with a dominant executive branch. (references)
	Yemen	Real political power rests with the executive branch, particularly the President. (references)
	Liberia	The bicameral legislature exercises little independence from the executive branch. (references)
Political Rights	Kazakhstan	Nearly all laws passed by Parliament originate in the executive branch. (references)
	Ghana	Parliament still was working to develop effective oversight of the workings of the executive branch. (references)
	Cambodia	Although growing in influence, the legislature remained weak in comparison with the executive branch. (references)
Trade	Argentina	Argentine Law 24331 of 1994 authorizes the Federal Government to create one free trade zone in each Province and delegates to the executive branch the authority to create foreign trade or export processing zones in each of Argentina's twenty-three provinces and four others in border areas. (references)
Worker Rights	Guatemala	On December 16, 2000, a minimum wage increase, promulgated by Executive Branch decree after the tripartite commission was unable to reach a consensus, took effect. (references)
	Paraguay	During a series of protests against the executive branch between June and August, unions representing (among others) the water and telephone utilities, the Central Bank, teachers, and bus drivers went on strike. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	Any seven or nine of the legislative council may be made a quorum, for doing business as a privy council, to advise the governor in the exercise of the executive branch of power, and in all acts of state.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The executive branch of this Government has, as matters stand, exhausted all the authority upon the subject with which it is invested and which it had any reason to believe could be beneficially employed.
Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865	During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession administered the executive branch of the Government.
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889; 1893-1897	To-day the executive branch of the Government is transferred to new keeping.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Last year, with very little fanfare the Congress and the executive branch moved in that field.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Now, just imagine what they would do controlled the executive branch, too!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cladus, ramus. (various references)
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-e-h-i-n-r-t-u-v-x"
	-5 letters: excruciate, execrative, exuberance, exurbanite, uncreative.
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