Policy making is the stage in the political process in which a bill becomes a law. It is the conversion of interests and demands into public decisions. One of the most important rules that a Constitution establishes are those that define the policy making process. A nations constitution gives the authority of proposing, amending, rejecting, and appointing policies. In modern Democracies the branches of government are known by the role they play in the policy making process. In the United States as well as the United Kingdom the legislative branch is responsible for making the policy. The executive branch implements and executes the laws and the Judiciary branch settles any disputes that that a policy might bring up. Knowing only what departments a bill must go through in order to become a law leaves you with an incomplete understanding of the whole process. You must also know how decisions are made within the different institutions of government. There are numerous r!
             ules that dictate the policy making process in any branch of government. Most modern democracies and both the U.S. and the U.K. use egalitarian voting rules. This simply means one vote per person. The proportion needed to reach a decision differ in different institutions. There are some instances that a simple majority is necessary to reach a decision. Other times such as overriding a veto in the United States require more than a majority to reach a conclusion. This is a comparison of the law making process of the United States and the United Kingdom .
             Both nations' Legislative branches are responsible for making laws. In the United States that branch is called Congress. It is composed of two chambers, the Senate with 100 members and the 435 member House of Representatives. Unlike the two U.K. chambers, the House of Lords and House of Commons, the U.S. chambers have equal legislative powers. In the United Kingdom the House of Commons is much...