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The Executive Branch
By Phyllis Naegeli


1 The Constitution granted specific powers to the president to run our country. However, it did not detail the actual support departments that the president would need. With the words, "he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments" the Founding Fathers left the task of establishing the remainder of the executive branch to the newly formed government. In 1789, Congress created the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury. As the country grew, Congress and the president worked together to create more departments to handle the growing tasks of our government. Today, the executive branch includes the president, the vice president, the fifteen Cabinet departments, the White House Office, and many independent agencies and government corporations to implement the laws made by Congress. 2 Article II of the Constitution created the position of vice president; however, it did not clearly define the job. Only two tasks were granted to the vice president.