Who passes all bills they hope will become laws?

Answer 1

The U.S. Congress, comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate, passes bills into law. The President recommends or vetoes laws, and the Supreme Court interprets laws.

Added: The question also applies to State Legislatures who do the same thing at the state level.

Answer 2

Legislative

• Also known as Congress.

• Makes all laws.

• Only Congress can declare martial law. Federal executive orders are not constitutional as they are executive, not legislative.

• Controls all the money; taxes, borrows, and sets the budget (with exception of inappropriate spending by central bank).

• Has sole power to declare war.

• Oversees, investigates, and makes the rules for the government and its officers.

• Confirms the heads of the executive branch.

• Confirms federal judicial appointments, and defines by law the jurisdiction of the judicial branch in cases not specified by the Constitution.

• Ratifies treaties.

• Originates and tries cases of impeachment

• Executive

• Also known as the President.

• Preserves, protects and defends the Constitution

• Faithfully executes the laws of the United States.

• Executes the instructions of Congress.

• May veto laws (but the veto may be overridden by Congress by a 2/3 majority) or refuse to execute them if s/he deems them unconstitutional.

• Executes the spending authorized by Congress.

• Executes the instructions of Congress when it declares war or makes rules for the military.

• Declares states of emergency and publishes regulations and executive orders.

• Creates treaties, and appoints judges and other executive heads, both with the advice and consent of the Senate.

• Has the power to grant pardons for crimes against the United States.

  Has the power to put flags at half staff.

• Is the commander in chief of the armed forces.

Judicial

• Determines which laws Congress intended to apply to any given case
• Determines whether a law is unconstitutional
• Determines how Congress meant the law to apply to disputes
• Determines how a law acts to determine the disposition of prisoners
• Determines how a law acts to compel testimony and the production of evidence
• Polices its own members
• Is never immune to arbitrary dismissal by Congress through impeachment proceedings

Answer 3

When a bill is introduced in a legislature, it is referred to a committee of that house, where the members of that committee and of sub-committees working under it will consider the bill and what action to take on it.

Answer 4

Those with the money to buy the power to do so...

Or....The House of Representatives.

Answer 5

House of representatives

Answer 6

yes, so does the house

Answer 7

Bones