Who is really in power? When an individual is given a choice between the President of the United States or Congress, someone would most likely say the President has the most power. But is this really the case? The president and congress have to work together to make decisions that best suit the people in the country. There are three branches of government; the Executive branch (President), Legislative branch (the Senate and House of Representatives, known collectively as Congress), and the Judicial branch (Supreme Court). The three branches of government were made to ensure that a dictatorship could not emerge. “Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation's laws…Congress
