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Article 1 of the constitution deals with the legislative branch.
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The job of the legilative branch is to make our country's laws
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We need to have representatives in our system because not all Americans can meet in the same place at the same time
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If the representatives don't carry out the will of the people they will be replaced at the next election
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in order to pass alaw, a majority vote or, one over half, of each House must agree.
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In the United States we call our Legislative Branch congress.
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Britian has a Legislative Branch too, nut they call theirs parliament.
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Our Legislative Branch has 2 houses. They are called the House of Representatives and the Senate
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A term of Congress lasts for 2 years, and begins every odd year.
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Congress meets in different chamners on opposite sides of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
