How the U.S. government works
Subtitle: [--and how it all comes together to make a nation]
By: by Syl Sobel
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Barron's
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780764147920
Subjects: Politics and government; Juvenile literature; Political science
Other titles: How the United States government works
Description: Explains the three branches of the federal government, legislative, executive, and judicial, and how they work.  Also included are facts about some of the ways in which the government has changed since the framers of the Constitution brought it into existence in the 18th century, how federal government agencies work for the people's benefit, how a bill becomes a law, and the many departments and agencies of the Executive branch.
Notes: Subtitle from cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Congress; title: The Executive branch; title: The President's jobs; title: The courts; title: Judges; title: Now you know; title: Your job.