what does the legislative branch do?
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At night, they go from house to house sprinkling retard dust on all the asian american children who didn't eat their rice.
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The House and the Senate introduce the legislation and refer it to a committee and sub-committe to be discussed and then voted on. If the committes approve, it must be voted on by the House and Senate members. Then, it seek the approval of the president, who can veto or sign the bill.
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There are two from every state.  They are representative for their constituents.  They are supposed to advocate for the best interests of the citizens of their state, as well as the best interests of the USA.  They serve six year terms.  Many of them were lawyers before becoming senators.  They draft legislation thereby making laws that can affect all Americans.  They vote on legislation.  And together with the House of Representative, the other body of the Legislative Branch, and the President (the Executive branch), they make federal laws.  They also nominate high school students for admission to military schools such as West Point.  The senate is also broken up into sub-committees, where senators break up into different committes such as the Judiciary committee, ways and means committees, etc., where they discuss and debate issues in smaller groups and decide what should be discussed with all senators in their specific topic area.
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the president, vice-president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, etc other members of the cabinet. at the state level it would be governor, etc.\n\nbonus...legislative is congress (house of representatives and senate); judicial is the court system.
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the executive branch spouts little executive twigs that produce executive leaves....\n\nSeriously, according to the syntax of the Constitution, it is supposed to EXECUTE the legislation passed by Congress, win any wars that come up, and RECOMMEND federal judges to Congress.\n\nBut the main job is supposed to be executing the will of Congress through administration of the federal government.
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I'll assume you're talking about the US Federal government. The legislative branch is composed of 100 Senators and 435 Representatives for 535 total plus various non-elected workers totaling 30,000. The execuitve branch is composed of the Preisdent, Vice President, cabinet (15 people), cabinet-level offices (6 people), and the employees of every federal agency (2,649,300 people). The judicial branch is made up of 875 judges plus 33,800 employees.
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There is the Executive Branch, the Judiciary Branch and the Legislative Branch.\n\nExecutive:\nThis is like the President and such. You could draw the White House or something. Prez has the power to veto laws.\n\nJudiciary:\nSupreme Court and stuff. You could draw one of those hammer-thingys that judges always use. Gavels or something? Anyway, they interpret the laws from the Constitution.\n\nLegislative:\nCongress --> Senate + House of Reps. They make the laws.
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The judicial branch hears cases that challenge or require interpretation of the legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President. It consists of the Supreme Court and the lower federal courts.\nIt acts as checks and balance on the other two governing branches, the Executive and Legislative branches, therefore it must be independent of the other two branches.  the American Government needs all three branches to function properly.  Taking any one out of the equation would give you a nonworking equation and what we know as democracy in this country would fail.
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This is the branch that writes and passes the written laws.
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Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
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It refers to the splitting of government power so that the government doesn't become too powerful.\n\nThe US government is split into three branches- judicial, legislative, and executive. The Judicial branch reviews laws and hears high court cases. The legislative branch passes new laws. The executive branch carries out laws.\n\nChecks and balences is a related concept that means that the seperated powers have similar amounts of power, so that no one group gains undue influence over the others. \n\nIn the US, the legislative branch can pass laws, but the executive branch (Mr. President) can veto them. In turn, the legislative branch can override the veto, and the judicial branch can declare the law unconstitutional.\n\nThe President can be impeached by the Congress, as can judicial court members.\n\nEtc. etc.
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Perhaps your first question should be, "What do committees do?"  \nThe committee chairman is a little like the Speaker of the House.  Part of what s/he does is set up the agenda for the committee, manages the committee, and guides it to do the following:\n1) how to investigate a proposed bill in committee should have\n2) how much investigating a proposed bill \n3) if or how a proposed bill should be modified\n4) if the committee should vote to kill "bill" or allow it to be scheduled for floor.
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Federal, State and Local Legislators.
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The simple answer is the people who elected them, but they are co-governed by the other two branches.  The executive branch enforces the law.  They can arrest a judge if they do something illegal.  The legislative branch can change the law if they agree the law was not interpreted as they intended.
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Here's a link on the US Senate Committee that should give you an idea of what role they play in shaping legislation.  I can't tell you what effect committee assignments have on individual legislators, but think about this: ask yourself what interests an individual legislator from their state must serve while serving on a particular committee assignment?  Good luck...
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The senate is part of the legistlative branch of government, along with the House of Representatives. The president is the executive branch, while the Supreme Court heads the Judiciary branch.
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The executive branch does not pass laws. It signs (or vetoes) them; and it enforces them -- or not, as the present occupant of the White House dictates in his signing statements.\n\nIt also promulgates regulations -- published in the Federal Register -- which interpret and apply laws. Too many of these to mention.\n\nThe current occupant of the White House has gone further than any before in arrogating rights to itself: ignoring laws and treaties and parts of the Constitution. That is grounds for impeachment; but impeachment is unlikely and useless if achieved since conviction is impossible.