| A | B |
|---|
| General Assemlby | The state legislature |
| Congress | The national legislature |
| Senate and house of representatives | The two houses of Congress |
| Senate and house of delegates | The two houses of the General Assembly |
| Makes laws for the nation | National legislative branch |
| Makes laws for Virginia | State legislative branch |
| Bi-cameral | Two houses |
| 100 members | US Senate |
| 435 members | US House of Representatives |
| President | Chief Executive of the nation |
| Governor | Chief Executive of Virginia |
| Enforces the laws of the nation | National executive branch |
| Enforces the laws in Virginia | State executive branch |
| bureaucracy | helpers of the President |
| 15 advisors to the President | Cabinet |
| regulatory boards | issue professional licenses |
| attorney general | distributes funds to pay for projects in the state |
| 9 Justices | are on the Supreme Court |
| Inferior Judges | Help the Supreme court to interpret laws |
| Interpret the laws | job of the supreme court |
| declares laws unconstitutional | what happens if a law violates the US constitution |
