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USA Facts

The United States is one of the largest world powers, so it is not surprising that we know a lot about this country from the movies, news releases, and stories of friends and acquaintances. However, in this article, we have collected the most interesting and at the same time the most non-trivial facts about the United States of America. Inventions…

History of USA Government

The modern political system of the United States of America is completely determined by the constitution, according to which all state power is divided into legislative, executive and judicial, with their own specific functions. In the United States, as typical of a presidential republic, there is a strict check and balance system between different branches of government, and the judiciary…

What is Democracy?

Democracy is: a form of government that ensures the real power of all citizens of the state and respect for their rights and freedoms; running by means of opinion; the essence of democracy is in providing each opinion with the opportunity to express itself in the free, fair and equal competition of any opinion with other opinions, as well as…

United States Senate

The Senate is the upper house of Congress. It consists of 100 members, two people from each of the 50 states. The service life of each elected senator is 6 years. Once every two years, one-third of the senators are reelected. Every citizen who has reached the age of 30 and resides in the state for at least 9 years…

What are the main differences between the Two Houses of Congress?

The US Congress is one of the three highest authorities, as well as the country’s main legislative body. Its powers are recorded in the US Constitution. The Congress consists of the lower and upper chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively. Sessions of Congress are held in Washington on Capitol Hill.

Branches of US Government

The basis of the state mechanism functioning of the United States is the constitutional principle of “separation of powers”, which implies 3 branches of government – legislative, executive and judicial. What is the Legislative Branch? The legislative branch is exercised by the US Congress, consisting of 2 chambers – the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators (100 people –…