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Who passes the laws in the US?

First a committee review your bill ( initial stage of law) then its further review during the second reading. Now it will send to Congress who will pass it then in the last President passes the bill and it became a law.


Is the legislative branch tricameral?

No the legislative branch in the US is bicameral. Bicameral means that the legislature is divided into 2 separate branches. In the US the legislature is divided into the Senate and House of Representatives.


What was the legislature of the great compromise?

The legislature being designed was the US Congress, at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The compromise set up a two-house (bicameral) legislature with a separate Senate and House.


Under the US Constitution is the legeslative branch unicameralbicameral or tricameral?

False, it set up a bicameral legislature.


Who were the first two senators elected in the us?

Pennsylvania became the first state to elect its two United States senators. By a vote of 66 to 1, its legislature accorded William Maclay the distinction of being the first person elected to the Senate and, by the closer margin of 37 to 31, gave the second seat to the more controversial Robert Morris. Pennsylvania became the first state to elect its two United States senators. By a vote of 66 to 1, its legislature accorded William Maclay the distinction of being the first person elected to the Senate and, by the closer margin of 37 to 31, gave the second seat to the more controversial Robert Morris.

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What was the first legislature in the US?

Virginia House of Burgesses


Who was the first African American to be elected to the Georgia legislature?

In 1870, Joseph Rainey (1832-1887) of South Carolina became the first black member of the US House of Representatives.


Is Montpelier the capital Vermont?

Montpelier became the capital in 1805. (Vermont became the 14th US state in 1791)


What is the name of the first legislature of the US?

The first legislature of the United States was the first Congress. Before the US existed the various colonies had some legislative bodies with limited power and after independence was declared, there were continental congresses.


The first meeting of an elected legislature in what is now the US took place in the Virginia House of?

Burgesses


Who passes the laws in the US?

First a committee review your bill ( initial stage of law) then its further review during the second reading. Now it will send to Congress who will pass it then in the last President passes the bill and it became a law.


In what city does the US national legislature meet?

The national legislature, the US Congress, meets at the US capitol in Washington, DC.


Do Most states have a unicameral legislature.?

No, most US states have a bicameral legislature, with two legislative bodies/chambers. A unicameral legislature has a single body/chamber. Nebraska switched to a unicameral legislature in 1934 and is the only US state to currently have a unicameral legislature.


Who leads the legislature in the us?

The Senate and the House of Representatives lead the legislature.


Does the US have a unicameral legislature?

No, it has a bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives, and the Senate.


What became the first colony in the us?

Delaware


What is the difference between the State Legislature and the US Congress?

The difference between the state legislature and the congerss is that the state legislature is state legislature while Congress is national legislature.