National Leaders & Media Contacts


The United States Government consists of three branches, which are the    Legislative (makes laws), Executive (enforces laws) and Judicial (interprets the laws).   The branches are intended to perform these functions as well as providing a check and balance on each other.    Our Founders pulled the three-branch idea from Isaiah 33:22, which says "For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king."

 

Executive Branch

The President and Vice President are elected every 4 years. 

 

President George W. Bush

2nd Term  (January 2005 - January 2009)    

E-mail:   president@whitehouse.gov   

Phone: 202-456-1414 or 202-456-1111

 

Mailing Address: 

The White House   1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW   Washington, DC 20500
    

Vice President Richard B. Cheney        

E-mail:  vice.president@whitehouse.gov   

As Vice President, Cheney also serves as President of the Senate

Cabinet and Executive Office

FirstGov.gov - link to Federal agencies, information

Legislative Branch
The U.S. Congress consists of two houses:  the Senate and House of Representatives. 

 In 2007, we have the first session of the 110th Congress.

 

 

United States Senate  

Capitol Hill Switchboard:   202-224-3121 

Senators are elected to six-year terms with one-third elected every even-numbered year;  there are 100 Senators - 2 for each of the States

Senate Committees

President Pro Tempore Robert Byrd (D-WV)      202-224-3954

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)    202-224-3542

Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL)   202-224-2152
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)    202-224-2541   
Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-MS)    202-224-6253

U.S. House of Representatives              

Capitol Hill Switchboard: 202-224-3121

U.S. Representatives are all elected to 2 year terms every even-numbered year.  Population in each state determines how many people represent them in this Congressional body.  There are 435 representatives, the number representing each state varies depending on the population. 

House Committees

Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)         202-225-4965

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)           202-225-4131
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC)          202-225-3315
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)        202-225-6025
House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO)                    202-225-6536

 

Judicial Branch

The Supreme Court    
United States Supreme Court Building,

1 First St., NE  Washington, DC 20543  202-479-3000

Chief Justice: John Roberts  

Associate Justices:  Samuel Alito, Stephen G. Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, and  Clarence Thomas. 

Federal Courts  

 

Major Media

TV Networks

ABC    818-460-7477

CBS    212-975-4321

Fox     212-852-7111

NBC    212-664-4444

PBS    703-739-5000

UPN    310-575-7000

WB     818-977-5000

Cable Networks

CNN     404-827-1500

C-SPAN   202-737-3220

Disney   818-569-7500

ESPN   860-766-2000

FOX News   888-369-4762

HBO    212-512-1000

MSNBC   201-583-5000

MTV & Nick   212-258-8000

USA    212-413-5000

 

Newspapers

USA Today

Human Events

Los Angeles Times

The New York Times

Roll Call

Wall Street Journal

The Washington Post

The Washington Times

 

Magazines

NewsMax

Newsweek

Time

U.S. News

WORLD

 

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