Legislative Branch Research Paper

The Legislative branch of government in contemporary politics differs greatly from one government to another. Some legislatures are extremely powerful, as in Parliamentary structures, while others are mere ‘rubber-stamp’ bodies for Executive authority. The Legislative branch in the United States is one of the most organized methods to promote autonomy. According to Montesquieu, the most important method to promote liberty is separating and acting independently the three branches of the government. The United States, Federal government has a bicameral organization in their Legislative branch, the House of Representatives and the Senate. This organization would function better as the managing body of the government, rather than the Executive …show more content…
In the United States, the legislative has power to enact, amend, and repeal public policy like passes bills; has broad taxing and spending power; regulates inter-state commerce; controls the federal budget; has power to borrow money on the credit of the United States, has sole power to declare war, as well as to raise, support, and regulate the military, and others. On the other hand, the executive has the authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state. These separations of responsibilities trigger an efficient administration of the state, a well implementation of policies, and a coherent development of the public policy. On the other hand, in Assembly Systems and in Council Systems there is only one group of people who makes and takes the main decisions for their citizens. The public administration in this scenario is inefficient because there is only one group who is in charge of everything. In addition, there are several cases of conflict of interest because some leaders and their families usually have economic interest in one sector. For that reason, some specific areas have more benefits and more economical and technological advances than