The Federal Government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the ...

U.S. Founding Documents. This gallery highlights resources designed to enhance study of a few significant primary source documents from American history.

U.S. facts and figures. Learn about the United States, including American history, the president, holidays, the American flag, census data, and more ...

***ATTENTION***The United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) has permanently closed its brick-and-mortar bookstore at 710 North Capitol Street NW in ...

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. UNITED STATES BOTANIC GARDEN. EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THE PRESIDENT. THE VICE PRESIDENT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE ...

To ensure a separation of powers, the U.S. Federal Government is made up of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. To ensure the government is ...

The Legislative Process · Officers and Organizations · History of the House

The John Adams: Architect of American Government exhibit is at the John Adams Courthouse. Using text, images, and audio, the exhibit describes the essential ...

“Federal” means that there is both a national government and governments of the 50 states. A “republic” is a form of government in which the people hold power, ...