Sen. Schumer, “'We have three branches of government…a House…a Senate…a president.”

Sen. Schumer‘s ’Three Branches’ of Government No Longer Includes Judiciary

While sitting in on  CNN’s “State of the Union” this morning, New York’s Senator Chuck Schumer was ringing alarm bells on what he perceives as a GOP threat to shut down the government this Spring during the upcoming Debt Ceiling debate and the Congressional battle over various elements of government funding.

This tactic was nothing new as both sides traditionally use extreme examples to make their point.  What surprised me was Sen. Schumer’s explanation of the three branches of our American system of government.

'We have three branches of government. We have a House. We have a Senate. We have a president'

Chuck Schumer's civics lesson: Omits judiciary as 'branch of ...