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TN Sen. Lamar Alexander Fed. Speaker John Boehner TN Sen. Bob Corker TN House Rep Chuck Fleischmann Sen. Todd GardenhireTN Speaker Beth Harwell Gov. Bill HaslamState Rep. Patsy Hazelwood Majority Leader Mitch McConnell State Rep. Gerald McCormickPresident Barack Obama Lt. Gov. Ron RamseySen. Bo Watson

The Power Tree of the People of Government- using the word bank / pictures above fill in the blanks from top to bottom according to who has the most to the least amount of power. * Remember some blanks have more than one person in them !!! 1.__________________________________________________________ 2.__________________________________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________________________ 4.__________________________________________________________________ 5.__________________________________________________________ 6.__________________________________________________________________ 7.__________________________________________________________ 8.__________________________________________________________________ 9.__________________________________________________________ 10._________________________________________________________________

Power of Politics Tree- People President of USA USA Federal Senate Majority Leader TN Federal Senator(s) USA Federal Speaker of the House TN Federal House Representative(s) TN State Governor TN State Senate Majority Leader TN State Senator(s) TN State Speaker of the House TN House Rep(s)

Power of Politics Tree- People President of USA = Barack Obama USA Federal Senate Majority Leader = Mitch McConnell TN Federal Senator(s) = Bob Corker & Lamar Alexander USA Federal Speaker of the House = John Boehner TN Federal House Representative(s) = Chuck Fleischmann TN State Governor = Bill Haslam TN State Senate Majority Leader = Ron Ramsey TN State Senator(s) = Bo Watson & Todd Gardenhire TN State Speaker of the House = Beth Harwell TN House Rep(s) = Gerald McCormick & Patsy Hazelwood