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Learn about the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The Constitution of the United States divides the federal government into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. This ensures that no individual or group will have too much power.
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Established by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress. The Constitution ...
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The legislative branch of the U.S. federal government, the U.S. Congress, is bicameral, consisting of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Constitution grants Congress the power to levy taxes, borrow money, regulate interstate commerce, impeach and convict the president, declare war, discipline its own membership, and determine its rules of procedure.
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Updated: October 17, 2019 | Original: November 17, 2017. The legislative branch of the federal government, composed primarily of the U.S. Congress, is responsible for making the country's laws ...
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Branches of Government. To ensure a separation of powers, the U.S. Federal Government is made up of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. To ensure the government is effective and citizens' rights are protected, each branch has its own powers and responsibilities, including working with the other branches.
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The Source of Laws. The legislative branch is one of three branches of the U.S. government—the executive and judicial are the other two—and it is the one charged with creating the laws that hold our society together. Article I of the Constitution established Congress, the collective legislative body made up of the Senate and the House.
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Figure 4.2.1: The Legislative branch of the government makes the laws for our nation. As we previously learned when studying the Constitution, our government is divided into three distinct branches, with each addressed in their own section of the Constitution's first three Articles.
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Prints and Photographs Division Library of Congress. The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government, consisting of two houses or chambers: the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Congress is what is known as a bicameral system. The Constitution of the United States calls for two Senators from ...
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