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The legislature of the United States is known as the United States Congress. Consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Congress is a bicameral legislative body.
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∙ 15y agoDo you mean What Branch? this is the answer: Legislative Branch is Congress. The main job of congress is to make and pass laws.
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∙ 14y agobicameral. Two bodies, House and Senate
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∙ 15y agoBicameral
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∙ 13y agoBicameral
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The US Congress is made up of the House and the Senate What term describes this kind of legislature?
Bicameral
What is the difference between the State Legislature and the US Congress?
The difference between the state legislature and the congerss is that the state legislature is state legislature while Congress is national legislature.
What do you call the federal legislature in the US?
Congress.
In what city does the US national legislature meet?
The national legislature, the US Congress, meets at the US capitol in Washington, DC.
The US Congress is made up of the House and the SenateWhat term describes this kind of legislature?
bicameral. (bi + Latin camera meaning chamber)
How does the US legislature differ from parliamentary legislatures?
The difference between a parliamentary legislature and the the US legislature is primarily the separation of powers. In a parliamentary legislature, the head of the executive (Prime Minister) is also a member of parliament, whereas in the US the President cannot be a member of Congress.
Which article of the constitution gives the legislature its power?
Article one is about congress which is what the US legislature is called. Section 8 of article 1 lists the powers of Congress.
What are statutes?
Statutes are the laws passed by the US Congress or the State legislature.
How do you spell contential congress?
The correct spelling for the early US legislature is the Continental Congress (1st and 2nd).
What branches of government are also known as Congress?
Congress is the legislative branch of the US government.
Who do you think made you?
The state legislature - for state laws. The US Congress - for Federal Laws.
The was the federal legislature of the 13 colonies and later of the US from 1774 to 1789?
Continental Congress
