Essay On The Legislative Branch

The U.S. government is made up of three separate but equal branches, legislative, executive and judicial. To understand how the government functions it is necessary to understand the function of each branch and hoe they relate to each other. The legislative branch is made up of the senate and the House of Representatives to form congress. The most important duty of the legislative branch is to make laws. Laws are written, discussed and voted on in congress. The legislative branch can check the power of the executive branch by overriding or refusing to override presidential vetoes, ratifying or refusing to ratify treaties signed by the president and confirming or refusing to confirm presidential appointments. Important figures in the legislative branch include, speaker of the House of Representatives, president pro Templore of
The bills are placed in chronological order. The speaker f the house and majority leader will decide which bill will be debated. There are strict rules and guidelines in which the house and senate must use in their debate. After being voted on and approved the bill is then sent to the other chamber. Being the house or the senate, the chamber follows the same rules as the entire membership. If the second chamber changes a bill significantly a special committee is formed. This committee known as the conference committee is established to help resolve any differences between the senate and the house. If approved by this committee a repot is preapred and is sent to the sneate and the house. Both must approve the bill, if not approved the bill dies. If approved the bill is sent to the president for approval into law or a possible veto. If no action is taken for ten days the bill dies and this is called pocket veto. Congress has the authority to override the presidents veto and force the bill into law. To do this you must have a 2/3 quorum in both the senate and the