Legislative Branch

Institutions

________- Called Congress, divided into the Senate (100) and the House of Representatives (435 members), Committees.

Policy

________- making laws, holding public hearings, investigations committees.

Committees

________ are groups of specialists who design the bill and present it for a vote later.

Filibuster

A filibuster is when a member of the Senate can basically hold a never-ending debate that can only be stopped with 60 votes. The debate is over a law that is going to be passed and it can stop the law from ever being passed.

Abuse of Power

members can be corrupted by money

Function

To make/design/draft laws that will be passed along to the president

How many members of the House?

435

How many members of the Senate?

100

What decides number of members for House

population of each state, big population = more reps

What decides number of members for Senate

2 for each state no matter population or size

Policy

making laws, holding public hearings, investigation committees.

Examples of checks and balances

Can impeach the president, Supreme Court can use judicial review, Senate approves justices

Rules committee

can move bills ahead, hold them back or stop them completel.