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The role of the Legislative Branch is to:

create laws

What is a bill?

A proposed law.

Which list accurately represents the steps for how a bill becomes a law?

Proposal, Introduction, Committee Report, Floor Debate, Vote, Hand-off, Compromise, Another vote, To the President

True or False: The leader of the Senate is the Vice President and the leader of the House is the Major..

False

Which 3 checks are powers belonging to the Legislative Branch? (You must get all 3 correct to get the points.)

Affirm executive appointments, can override presidential veto, and creates lower federal courts.

What document creates and describes the roles and responsibilities of the three branches of the U.S. government?

The constitution

True or False: The House has 50 members and is based on equal representation.

False

True or False: Representatives in the House serve two-year terms while Senators serve four-year terms.

False

True or False: Only the Senate can pass bills to the president for signing.

False

True or False: All three branches were created to have equal power.

True

True or False: Congress often has to compromise on different versions of the same bill passed through the two houses.

True

The Legislative Branch includes:

the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Who makes the rule for how the House and Senate do their job?

Congress

True or False: The Senate has 100 members and is based on equal representation.

True

True or False: A person must be 25 to serve in the House of Representatives.

True

True or False: When the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill, they have a Conference Committee to create final compromise bill.

True