The Senate and General Assembly make up the legislative branch. The Senate has 40 members, and the General Assembly has 80 members.

One of the largest state legislatures in the nation, the Georgia General Assembly, composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate, meets from January until late March to set the state’s annual operating budget and to propose laws on a variety of topics from education to environmental protection.

Senators must be at least 25 years old, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Georgia for two years and their senatorial district for one year (preceding the election). The highest position in the Senate is the President of the Senate, a position currently held by Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan.

The legislative branch is the General Assembly, a bicameral legislature – the House of Delegates and the VA Senate – that meets annually (yearly) for a fixed number of days.

As delineated in the Charter of the United Nations, the function of the General Assembly is to discuss, debate, and make recommendations on subjects pertaining to international peace and security, including development, disarmament, human rights, international law, and the peaceful arbitration of disputes between …

A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company.

Today, there are four remaining relevant powers denied to Congress in the U.S. Constitution: the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws, Export Taxes and the Port Preference Clause.

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title …

What Congress Does

• Make laws.
• Declare war.
• Raise and provide public money and oversee its proper expenditure.
• Impeach and try federal officers.
• Approve presidential appointments.
• Approve treaties negotiated by the executive branch.
• Oversight and investigations.

Secrecy. Members of Congress are not required to have security clearances. Because Members of Congress were elected to office, they do not have to submit to the background check procedures (Congressional Staff on the other hand must submit to background checks to handle classified materials).

The Secret Service is mandated by Congress with two distinct and critical national security missions: protecting the nation’s leaders and safeguarding the financial and critical infrastructure of the United States.

… shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

The United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2) provides that “Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.” The processes for expulsion differ somewhat between the House of …