The
legislative branch of government is quite important; it is the lawmaking body of government.
However, it does have many weaknesses. The first weakness is related to the American two-party
system. If the government is nearly equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, then it
is nearly impossible to get legislation passed or political appointees approved without
bipartisan support.
Other weaknesses are actually written into the
Constitution. All legislation requires a presidential signature. The president can veto any
legislation from Congress. Congress does have the power to override this veto with a two-thirds
majority vote, but it is relatively rare that legislation has two-thirds approval. Congress is
bicameral, and often the House and Senate have different versions of legislation that need to be
reconciled before the bill can move on. Also, a lot of legislation moves through committees,
and many bills are radically changed in these committees....
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