EXECUTIVE BRANCH

It is the duty of the executive branch to enforce the laws of the United States.  Only a U.S. native of at least 35 years of age who has lived in the US for at least fourteen years is eligible to hold a seat in this branch.

43rd President of the United States of America
George Walker Bush (R-TX)

Vice President of the United States of America
Richard Bruce Cheney (R-NE)

United States Cabinet (dates offices established in parenthesis; previous cabinet officials under same administration also noted)

• Secretary of State (1789):
  Condoleezza Rice (prev. Colin Powell 2001-05)
• Secretary of Treasury (1789):
  Henry M. Paulson (prev. John W. Snow, 2003-06; Paul O'Neill 2001-03)
• Secretary of Defense (1847):
  Robert M. Gates (prev. Donald H. Rumsfeld 2001-06)
• Attorney General (1870):
  Alberto R. Gonzales (prev. John Ashcroft 2001-05)
• Secretary of the Interior (1849):
  Dirk Kempthorne (prev. Gale Norton 2001-06)
• Secretary of Agriculture (1862):
  Michael O. Johanns (prev. Ann M. Veneman 2001-05)
• Secretary of Commerce (1903):
  Carlos M. Gutierrez (prev. Donald Evans 2001-05)
• Secretary of Labor (1913):
  Elaine L. Chao
• Secretary of Health & Human Services (1953):
  Michael O. Leavitt (prev. Tommy G. Thompson 2001-05)
• Secretary of Housing & Urban Development (1965):
  Alphonso Jackson (prev. Melquiades R. Martinez 2001-03)
• Secretary of Transportation (1966):
  Mary Peters (prev. Norman Y. Mineta 2001-06)
• Secretary of Energy (1977):
  Samuel W. Bodman (prev. E. Spencer Abraham 2001-05)
• Secretary of Education (1979):
  Margaret Spellings (prev. Roderick R. Paige 2001-05)
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1988):
  R. James Nicholson (prev. Anthony J. Principi 2001-05)
• Secretary of Homeland Security (2002):
  Michael Chertoff (prev. Thomas J. Ridge 2003-05)

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The legislative branch makes the law, and is ruled by the Congress.  The Congress of the United States is bicameral, or ruled by two chambers.  These chambers are the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.  The Senate has 100 members, while the House of Representatives has 435 members.

Leaders of the 110th United States Congress
 (to convene from January 4, 2007 - January 3, 2009)

President of the Senate (VP of the US): Dick Cheney (R-WY)
President Pro Tempore of the Senate: Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid (D-NV)
Senate Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Senate Majority Whip: Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Senate Minority Whip: Trent Lott (R-MS)

Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
House Majority Leader:  Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
House Minority Leader: John Boehner (R-OH)
House Majority Whip: James Clyburn (D-SC)
House Minority Whip: Roy Blunt (R-MO)

Our National Representatives - Scott County, VA

US Senator - Virginia: John Warner (R)
US Senator - Virginia: James Webb (D)
US Representative - 9th District: Rick Boucher (D)
 

JUDICIAL BRANCH

The interpretation of the laws of the United States is vested in the judicial branch of the United States.  The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land, while the lower courts, such state supreme courts, the judicial courts of appeal, and the district courts, rule underneath the Supreme Court.

• John G. Roberts, Jr. [Chief Justice]
  nominated justice in July 2005 by G. W. Bush (R); nomination withdrawn to be nominated as Chief Justice in Sept 2005 upon death of former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist; appointed chief justice in Sept. 2005 by G. W. Bush (R)
• John Paul Stevens
  appointed justice in 1975 by Ford (D)
• Antonin Scalia
  appointed justice in 1986 by Reagan (R)
• Anthony Kennedy
  appointed justice in 1988 by Reagan (R)
• David Souter
  appointed justice in 1990 by G. H. W. Bush (R)
• Clarence Thomas
  appointed justice in 1991 by G. H. W. Bush (R)
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  appointed justice in 1993 by Clinton (D)
• Steven Breyer
  appointed justice in 1994 by Clinton (D)
• Samuel Alito
  appointed justice in 2006 by G. W. Bush (R)

LINE OF SUCCESSION FOR THE U.S. PRESIDENCY

• Vice President (President of the Senate)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives (President of the House)
• President Pro Tempore of the Senate  (Vice President of the Senate)
• Members of the U.S. Cabinet (in order of earliest date of establishment)
• Constitutionally, Congress is to decide who is next beyond this point.

Business Directory

• • Fairway Ford
• • Rex McCarty Appraisal Services
• • Wallace Nissan of Kingsport
• • Mike Jenkins Evangelistic Association, Inc.
• • Northeast State Technical Community College
• • Farm Credit of the Virginias
• • Scott County Chamber
• • Town of Gate City
• • Scott County Horse Association

Vacation Guide

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