Legislative Power

Legislative Power.

|The unit covers the questions of legislative power. Legislative branch of a government together with executive and judiciary is |
|another key branch in the separation of powers. |
|The unit is composed of texts on issues of legislative branch including materials on the US Congress and Parliament of |
|Lithuania. The texts are followed with language activities and glossary related to the topic in question. The unit also provides |
|listening tasks on the materials taken from VOA Learning English and internet grammar activities. |
|The learning objectives of this unit are: |
|to understand the essence of the term “legislative power”; |
|to read the materials dealing with the question of legislative power which is vested in the Congress of the USA and Parliament of |
|Lithuania; |
|to do all the activities related to the acquisition of the necessary vocabulary; |
|to listen to the audio news report; |
|to learn the basic vocabulary necessary to speak, read and listen on different aspects related to legislative power. |

United States Congress

1. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative institution of the federal government of the United States of America. It consists of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election. The Congress meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washington,