checks and balances
Cheney Names Himself Fourth Branch of Government.
Submitted by Hogfan on June 21, 2007 - 4:13pm.
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According to a letter released Thursday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Vice President Dick Cheney does not consider himself part of the Executive Branch under certain circumstances. This begs the question:
If our Founding Fathers created the United States government with three branches, and the Vice President is not part of the Executive Branch, to which of the other two branches does he belong?

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