41.   It would emulate the Congressional Accountability Act, which makes the legislative branch subject to the laws it imposes on all other citizens.

42.   Karzai said he would support the creation of a legislative branch that has lawmaking powers and an independent judiciary capable of imposing criminal sanctions and resolving civil disputes.

43.   Most of those interviewed Friday based their judgments about constitutional intent on the fact that impeachment powers were granted to the legislative branch, not the judicial.

44.   Most Senate employees, Johnston wrote, are either privy to confidential information about the legislative branch or are needed to conduct its floor proceedings.

45.   Nor is it clear how profoundly the law would weaken the legislative branch and strengthen the executive.

46.   Opponents maintain that, under the constitutional separation of powers, regulators in the executive branch cannot regulate members of the legislative branch.

47.   One clear byproduct of the split has been a virtual paralysis of the legislative branch of government.

48.   One of the less conspicuous opponents of reform is CRS, the legislative branch that responds to more than half a million Congressional requests a year.

49.   Pangcog said Congress can modify the ban, transferring responsibility for welcoming Westinghouse to the legislative branch.

50.   Rarely has the legislative branch willingly shifted power to the executive branch.