What does the legislative branch do?
The set up of the legislative branch or the Congress is established in Article I of the United Sates Constitution. The main function of these house's is to write, debate and pass bills.
In summary of the video, the legislative branch is divided into two parts. The Senate and House of Representatives. These two houses make up the Congress and are in charge of making up all the laws.
The House of Senators consists of 100 members, two for each state. These senators are elected for a six-year-term and are elected by the people. These congressmen represent the state. The House of Senators doesn't take under consideration the state's population. There are the same amount of senators for each state. The senate has some advantages over the House of Representatives, such as: confirming or reject a treaties made by the President in other foreign nations. In addition to this, the Legislative Branch has the power to confirming presidential appointments of different cabinet members, foreign ambassadors and federal judges. Finally, the Senate tries any federal politician accused of any crime.
The House of Representatives currently has 435 members. Each member serves a two-year-term and is also elected by the people of the state. Unlike the Senate, the members are chosen based on the state's population and geographical areas. Each member that the house has represents a specific geographical district within the state. Just like the Senate has some advantages of very the House of Representatives, the house can propose bills to pay taxes to the American citizens. Also, decide whether a public official should be tried of crime.
A census is done in the United States every 10 years. Based on this, the amount of representatives is chosen for each state. Back in the day, one representative would represent 30,000 people. On the contrary, now every representative represents several thousand people. The states that have only one representative are Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. On the other hand, the state that has the most number of representatives is California with 53 members.
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