Comparing The Three Branches Of The Federal Government

As described in the Constitution of the United States, the federal Government is organized into 3 branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, and is maintained through a system of checks and balances. The three branches work together to ensure no particular branch gains too much control. For example, the Legislative branch, makes laws, the Executive branch approves or vetoes these laws, and the Judicial Branch evaluates said laws against the Constitution. The Legislature, or Congress, is the first branch to be described in the Constitution. Article 1 Section 1, of the United States Constitution: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”
The same process takes place in the other house and when both houses come to a majority agreement that bill is given to the President for approval and becomes law. But there is a lot more to it than this. In order to properly represent the wants and needs of their constituents, the two houses of congress were created – the Senate to equally represent the states as a whole and the House of Representatives to represent the population of each state. The sources for proposed bills don’t necessarily always originate from a Member of Congress. Through the First Amendment of the Constitution, the Member’s Constituents have the right to petition and transmit their proposals to a Member. The Member may then introduce the proposal as is or redraft it to frame the ideas in a suitable manner. In addition, elected Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Delegates from the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands may also introduce a bill. A bill originating in the House of Representatives is designated by the letters “H.R.” and a Senate bill by the letter “S”. A “companion bill” is a bill introduced in one House that is similar or