The executive branch
executive branch
The branch that carries out the law: the President, the Cabinet departments, the agencies, and the roughly two million civilian employees who do the work.
In full
Congress writes the law and the executive branch executes it, which in practice means writing regulations, running programs, spending appropriated money, and enforcing statutes. It is by far the largest branch. Its head is elected; nearly everyone in it is not, which is the accountability problem the Administrative Procedure Act, congressional oversight, and judicial review all address from different directions.
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