The body that makes laws in the United States is called what?

The body that makes laws in the United States is called what?

• A. Parliament
• B. Congress
• C. Senate
• D. Assembly

Answer: (B)

Congress is the body that makes laws in the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, made up of two houses—the Senate and the House of Representatives. This structure comes from the Constitution and means that laws must be proposed and debated in both houses before a president can sign them into law (or Congress can override a veto). The word Parliament is used for the national legislature in many other countries, not in the United States. An Assembly is a term used in some states or localities for their legislatures, but not for the federal lawmaking body. The Senate is only one part of Congress, so the whole lawmaking body is Congress.

Congress is the body that makes laws in the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, made up of two houses—the Senate and the House of Representatives. This structure comes from the Constitution and means that laws must be proposed and debated in both houses before a president can sign them into law (or Congress can override a veto). The word Parliament is used for the national legislature in many other countries, not in the United States. An Assembly is a term used in some states or localities for their legislatures, but not for the federal lawmaking body. The Senate is only one part of Congress, so the whole lawmaking body is Congress.