federal legislature
Country's main parliament
A federal legislature is the lawmaking body of a federal system of government—one where power is divided between a central authority and constituent states or provinces.
The U.S.
Congress, comprising the Senate and House of Representatives, is a federal legislature; so are Canada's Parliament and Germany's Bundestag.
The bill passed the federal legislature after months of debate.
- bicameralHaving two chambers
- lawmakingCrafting enforceable rules
- United States CongressNational legislative branch
- Capitol HillCongressional district and synecdoche
- voteFormal choice expression
constitution · filibuster · enumerated powers · separation of powers · checks and balances · Canadian Parliament · cloture · partisan gridlock · lame duck session · statute · Continental Congress · senate · speech · quorum · pocket veto · term limits · voting · Constitutional Convention
- legislaturesparliament, senate, House of Commons, Senate, diet
federal legislaturestate legislature
Lawmaking body below Congress
state assembly · local council · city council · town council · municipal council
federal legislatureexecutive branch
Government's implementing arm
federal judiciary · presidency · supreme court · federal courts · executive office
federal legislatureprivate corporation
Business with restricted ownership
corporate board · non-governmental organization · private sector · civil society
federal, federally, federation, federations, federate, federated, federating, federalism, federalist