Friday, February 26, 2016

The Legislative Branch

"The Legislative branch is entrusted with making all laws for the country and is composed of two branches: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Representatives are drawn based upon the population of the state. Larger states with larger populations have more representatives. Also if the population of the state increases past a certain point it will gain more representatives (or lose them if the population decreases). Representatives are drawn from different districts drawn up by the states who also control the laws for voting in their respective states. All bills for raising revenue are supposed to originate with the House since it is the more democratic branch of government. Because of its size the position of a Speaker for the House is created as well. The Senate is composed of two senators from each state regardless of size. This was intended as a compromise to give smaller states more equality in government. Senators were originally chosen by the state legislature, and not by the people directly, that lasted until the Progressive era in 1913."

The goal for the Legislative branch was to create the house of representatives and senate with the purpose of forming the United States Congress. Although there were two branches to make the congress; each would serve different purpose in constructing laws around the states. For example, The house of representatives is made to spread within the 50 states. A total of 435 elected members. The main purpose of the house of representatives is to pass the laws across the states. Another important factor was that, the bigger the state was; it was allowed to have more representatives. On the other hand, you have the senate. The senate would consist of two senators for each state. The senate will also be responsible for the denunciation and approval to their arrangements. 

These two branches are very important in the population of the different states because they have multiple responsibilities on how each state is run. Without the representatives and the senate, the states individually will not be able to run smoothly, there would be chaos within the people. The senate and representative's give structure to each state, that is why it is important that the people in each party are chosen correctly to represent each state. 


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