1. The article of the Constitution that deals with the Legislative Branch is Article one.
2. The job of the Legislative Branch is to make our country's laws.
3. We need to have representatives in our system because not all Americans can meet in the same place at the same time to make laws.
4. If the representatives do not carry out the will of the people, they are replaced during the next election.
5. In order to pass a law, a majority, or half of each house plus one vote, must agree.
6. In the United States, we call our Legislative Branch Congress.
7. Britain has a Legislative Branch too, but they call theirs Parliament.
8. Our Legislative Branch has two Houses. They are called the House of Representatives and the Senate.
9. A term of Congress lasts for two years, and begins every odd-numbered year on January 3rd.
10. Congress meets in opposite chambers of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. The House of Representatives meets in one chamber and the Senate meets in the opposite chamber.
2. The job of the Legislative Branch is to make our country's laws.
3. We need to have representatives in our system because not all Americans can meet in the same place at the same time to make laws.
4. If the representatives do not carry out the will of the people, they are replaced during the next election.
5. In order to pass a law, a majority, or half of each house plus one vote, must agree.
6. In the United States, we call our Legislative Branch Congress.
7. Britain has a Legislative Branch too, but they call theirs Parliament.
8. Our Legislative Branch has two Houses. They are called the House of Representatives and the Senate.
9. A term of Congress lasts for two years, and begins every odd-numbered year on January 3rd.
10. Congress meets in opposite chambers of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. The House of Representatives meets in one chamber and the Senate meets in the opposite chamber.