Branches of Government and Separation of Powers The United States Federal Government is broken up into three different branches. Each branch has a set list of responsibilities and guidelines they are supposed to follow in order to help the government run. The branches within our government are the Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch. The legislative branch’s job is to enact the laws of the state and place money where it needs to go in order to operate the government. The legislative branch is made up of Congress (the Senate) and the House of Representatives. There are 100 senators within the senate, as there are two are from each state. Next we have the executive branch, which is responsible for implementing the
