The Legislative Branch Functions (Essay Sample)

The Legislative Branch has Many Functions
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The Legislative Branch has Many Functions
Introduction
Most governments worldwide always have three branches or arms to facilitate power separation ad effectiveness in how the government operates and serves the people democratically. The three branches are legislative, judicial, and executive. The government divides power and roles to each arm to ensure sufficient protection of human rights. Some branches complete duties together with each other. A ruling government's task starts with the law-making process, followed by enforcement or implementation of that law, and ultimately, adjudication purposes (Bertolini, 2018). Legislature is always the first and primary organ whose function has the most significant impact on the citizens and country. Specifically, the legislative branch carries out three significant roles in its supervisory function against the government. The three can be summarized as the legislative duty (law-making), a financial duty and the inquiry duty. The Legislature arm has many functions to perform for the government.
Functions of the Legislative Branch of Government
           Creating laws is the primary function completed by the legislation present in any state. However, apart from law-making processes, the branch is also involved in other essential functions. Every aspect that contributes to legislation must be considered with the seriousness it deserves since the given law governs all citizens equally. There are different terminologies used in the arm while completing various functions. For example, when the parliament considers particular legislation, it is referred to as a Bill. After passing the Bill successfully, it transforms into an Act and is implemented. Secondly, the branch serves as the highest platform for airing public complaints and issues against the executive. Aside from making the laws, the legislature is a solid governmental arm representing every public-based interest or issue. It creates a nationwide forum for people to convey their opinions, aspirations, and grievances. After getting public opinion, parliamentary discussions happen to debate the issues presented with the urge to find effective and long-term solutions to problems (Najimi, 2018). Thirdly, the arm has the law-amending power in nearly every country. It follows procedural steps in the Constitution to pass an amendment, referred to as special laws. Most states consider that passing the Amendments requires two-thirds of the majority votes cast on the issue in question.
           Another function includes exercising power to control the executive arm wherever there is a need to do so. In any governmental, parliamentary system, like the one seen in India, the executive is held accountable before the legislature for every action it involves, policies, and decisions. It is obligated to complete every order required by the legislature. The legislature has limitless power to eliminate the executive in power by parliamentary voting against the executive or declining a budget law or policy specified by the executive as the second arm of government. In the U.S. form of government inaction, the legislature is mandated to check over the executive and correct where something is not done correctly by the branch. It can appoint committees to investigate executive functioning in different departments. The legislature controls the executive by legislating and passing a budget before it is used. Therefore, the capacity of the legislature to regulate the executive's activities is inevitable.
           The Finance head always proposes a budget for discussion in the parliament. Approximations of the expected expenditures for each sector are listed for parliamentary members to assess and decide if they are appropriate comprehensively. Members within the legislative arm have the right to reject amounts requested and suggest the appropriate fit for the respective ministries or economic sectors. The specific process is called grievance prior to supply and traced its roots back to when parliament started controlling away from the kingdom era. Once the parliament and selected committees conclude their consideration regarding estimates, an appropriation Bill is introduced to allow funding approval.
           The government cannot start spending