Legislative Branch (4pts)

Question

Information about the United States Federal (National government):
● The US Legislative Branch creates the laws.
● The US Legislative Branch includes the United States Congress (House of Representatives and the Senate)
● The Legislative Branch confirms or rejects the presidents’ nominees and can remove the president from office in certain situations.
Question 5: What is the role of Georgia’s Legislative Branch?(1pt)

Question 6: Who is included in Georgia’s Legislative Branch? (1pt)

Question 7: What powers/responsibilities does Georgia’s Legislative Branch have?(1pt)
Question 8: How are the legislative branches of the federal government and Georgia’s state level government similar? List at least ONE similarity. (1pt)

Answer 1

Question 5: The role of Georgia's Legislative Branch is to create and pass laws for the state of Georgia.

Question 6: Georgia's Legislative Branch includes the Georgia General Assembly, which consists of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate.

Question 7: Georgia's Legislative Branch has the power to create and pass laws, approve the state budget, confirm or reject the governor's appointments, and oversee the state government agencies.

Question 8: One similarity between the legislative branches of the federal government and Georgia's state level government is that both have the power to create and pass laws.