The legislative branch refers to Congress, which is made up of the House of Representatives, and the United States Senate. There are three branches of government, the other two being the judicial and the executive.
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The legislative or law making branch of the federal government is Congress. Congress has two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The people who are elected by constituents in their individual states are known as Congressmen and Senators.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House (Democrat)
Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader (Democrat)
Barney Frank, Massachusetts Representative (Democrat)
Ron Paul, Texas Representative (Republican)
Scott Brown, Massachusetts Senator (Republican)
There are two key positions within the Legislative Branch of government. These key positions include the Senators and the state representatives.
Both the Executive and Legislative. But mainly the Executive.
The presiden duties . and the legislative branch duties.
I have ther questions: 1.- which branch has 4 ways of overriding the actions of the legislative branch 2.- what branch has 5 ways of overriding the actions of the executive branch 3.- what is the minimum number of years of sitizenship required to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
One power that the legislative branch holds over the executive branch is that for certain things to be done, the president needs to have a certain amount of votes in congress, and if they do not get that, some things are not able to get done.
The Con's to this branch of government are that it could be very hard for the legislative branch and executive branch to come to an agreement when it comes to passing laws.