The United States Government: Executive, Legislative, And Judicial

The United States government is divided into three different branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Each of the three branches checks the others in order to make sure no one branch gets too much power. The legislative branch introduces all the laws, and is referred to as Congress. Congress is divided into two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The executive branch is in charge of enforcing the laws and can even introduce new policies and reforms. The branch consists of the President, his vice president, and his cabinet. The judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court, all federal courts, and circuit courts.
The legislative branch is consists of two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state is …show more content…
The process of turning a presented bill into a law is a long one. First, the bill must be presented. The bill must be presented by a member of congress, but where the bill actually originated from can come from anywhere. Whose hand the bill originated from carries no weight in the process of passing a bill. After a bill has been presented, it is then referred to the committee that’s jurisdiction covers what the bill is proposing. If the bill is referring to more than one region, the bill can have primary and secondary committees that handle the parts of the bill that pertain to each committee, or the bill can be handed over to the committee that deals with the majority of what the bill is proposing. There are many steps that a committee has to take before the bill can be moved along. Once the bill has been referred, there is then a committee hearing. Hearings can be held for a number of reasons, but the main reason is to inform the members of congress and general public about the specifics of the bill, and answer any questions pertaining to the bill. These hearings are the perfect forum to analyze how a bill will go over with the citizens of the United States. After the committee hearing comes the committee markup, where, if they decide to continue to try and pass the bill, they revise the wording of the bill and literally mark on the bill, this is sort of like an editing session for new laws. During this time the committee can decide to completely trash the existing bill and come up with a new bill from what they have learned through the original bill, or they can decide to keep the current bill and push it through to the next step in the legislative process. After committee markup comes the committee report. This occurs when the committee decides to continue with the legislative process and report the bill to Congress. These reports usually include an explanation of what the