Legislative Branch

Making a change to improve something

• amending

• committees

• debates

• fund-raising

Groups of people who consider or decide on a course of action

• legislative

• committees

• permanent

• recommend

Discusses an important subject at length and in detail

• sponsor

• Senate

• debates

• Representative

The process of collecting money from individuals or groups to support a

certain cause or goal

• debates

• recommend

• Senate

• fund-raising

U.S. Congress, containing a number of representatives from each state that is based on population

• Parliament

• Senate 

• House of Representatives

• Stop and Shop

Branch of government that makes laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Presidential

• Fund-raising

What is the main duty of the legislative branch of government?

• Managing most government operations

• Determining if laws follow the Constitution

• Writing and amending laws of the United States

• Handling the U.S. system of courts

The size of a state’s _________ determines the number of

representatives that serve in the House of Representatives.

• Land area

• Population

• Budget

• Location

Even if a president vetoes a bill, that bill can still become a law if

• The citizens of the United States vote to approve the bill

• Two-thirds of both the Senate and the House vote to override the veto

• The president changes his or her mind and takes back

  the veto

• The Supreme Court signs the bill into law

When it comes time to vote for a bill, Members of Congress must

• Investigate any problems with the bill at that time

• Talk about the bill after the bell rings

• Make as many changes as they can to the bill

• Be physically present in the Capitol Building to vote for the bill