Yes the Vice President has, as one of his duties, the role of President of the Senate. That function is a congressional function. However, the Vice President is clearly included as part of the executive branch of the government in the constitution.
"Article 2 - The Executive Branch
Section 1 - The President
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:"
"The Separation of Powers devised by the framers of the Constitution was designed to do one primary thing: to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist. Based on their experience, the framers shied away from giving any branch of the new government too much power. The separation of powers provides a system of shared power known as Checks and Balances.
Three branches are created in the Constitution. The Legislative, composed of the House and Senate, is set up in Article 1. The Executive, composed of the President, Vice-President, and the Departments, is set up in Article 2. The Judicial, composed of the federal courts and the Supreme Court, is set up in Article 3.
Each of these branches has certain powers, and each of these powers is limited, or checked, by another branch."
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_sepp.htmlExecutive Office of the President
The President
The Vice President
The White House Home Page
Offices within the Executive Office of the President
The President's Cabinet
http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive.shtmlHmmm... cheney better get to work scrubbing that page.
Executive Branch
White House | Departments | Executive Office of the President | Reference
White House
The White House
President George W. Bush
Vice President Richard Cheney
http://www.govspot.com/executive/Another glaring error.
President Bush's Cabinet
The tradition of the Cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the Presidency itself. One of the principal purposes of the Cabinet (drawn from Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution) is to advise the President on any subject he may require relating to the duties of their respective offices.
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments-the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, and the Attorney General. Under President George W. Bush, Cabinet-level rank also has been accorded to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Director, Office of Management and Budget; the Director, National Drug Control Policy; and the U.S. Trade Representative.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.htmlI'm confused I guess, I always thought that the cabinet was part of the executive branch. Cheney better talk to bush about this web page too.
The Executive Branch, which executes and enforces the laws, is headed by the President and the Vice President. In addition, it includes the executive departments, which deal with general topics, and the heads of departments, who are known as Secretaries (Attorney-General in the Department of Justice). Each Department, in turn, is divided into a number of bodies, which are known as agencies, services, commissions, councils, bureaus, authorities, offices, administrations, and boards.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/United_States_Government/The_Executive_BranchThey got it wrong too. A pretty common misunderstanding, I guess.