Politics of the United States
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Polity type | Constitutional federal republic |
Formation | March 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Congress |
Type | Bicameral |
Meeting place | Capitol |
Upper house | |
Name | Senate |
Presiding officer | Kamala Harris, Vice President & President of the Senate |
Appointer | Direct Election |
Lower house | |
Name | House of Representatives |
Presiding officer | Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Appointer | First-past-the-post voting |
Executive branch | |
Head of state and government | |
Title | President |
Currently | Joe Biden |
Appointer | Electoral College |
Cabinet | |
Name | Cabinet of the United States |
Current cabinet | Cabinet of Joe Biden |
Leader | President |
Deputy leader | Vice President |
Appointer | President |
Headquarters | White House |
Ministries | 15 |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Federal judiciary of the United States |
Courts | Courts of the United States |
Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | John Roberts |
Seat | Supreme Court Building |
Politics of the United States
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Polity type | Constitutional federal republic |
Formation | March 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Congress |
Type | Bicameral |
Meeting place | Capitol |
Upper house | |
Name | Senate |
Presiding officer | Kamala Harris, Vice President & President of the Senate |
Appointer | Direct Election |
Lower house | |
Name | House of Representatives |
Presiding officer | Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Appointer | First-past-the-post voting |
Executive branch | |
Head of state and government | |
Title | President |
Currently | Joe Biden |
Appointer | Electoral College |
Cabinet | |
Name | Cabinet of the United States |
Current cabinet | Cabinet of Joe Biden |
Leader | President |
Deputy leader | Vice President |
Appointer | President |
Headquarters | White House |
Ministries | 15 |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Federal judiciary of the United States |
Courts | Courts of the United States |
Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | John Roberts |
Seat | Supreme Court Building |