The Legislative Branch is responsible for making laws. Once, a law written they discuss and vote on it in Congress. In the Senate, they’re 100 people, 2 from each state. The House of Representatives is made up of 435 members, the members came in proportion to the total population of the state. The Executive Branch is responsible for enforcing the laws that are written by Congress. The President has power to sign the bill or he can veto it, but Congress can override this veto with two-thirds vote of both houses. Our Founding Fathers did not want the Executive Branch to be as powerful the European governments. They did not want a king, they wanted a limited government with the Legislative Branch having the most power. We need this process because our government in 1787 was in confusion. Some states wanted the states to have the most power, but other states wanted the federal government to have the most power. How does a bill become a law? “ Creating laws are one of the most important jobs in the U.S House of Representatives. Laws begin as Ideas, the ideas come from the Representatives, or citizens. The Citizens propose these ideas to their local Representatives, if they agree, they will …show more content…
Establishing the age of voting to 18. Members of the Senate, proposed that the 18 years people shall be able to vote. Supporting the process of building a new pipeline from Canada to Texas. The republicans wanted this to be passed and it did with votes of 266 to 153, but President Obama said he intends to