<P> In addition to dealing with legislative representation, the Virginia Plan addressed other issues as well, with many provisions that did not make it into the Constitution that emerged . It called for a national government of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial . Members of one of the two legislative chambers would be elected by the people; members of that chamber would then elect the second chamber from nominations submitted by state legislatures . The executive would be chosen by the legislative branch . </P> <P> Terms of office were not specified, but the executive and members of the popularly elected legislative chamber could not be elected for an undetermined time afterward . The legislative branch would have the power to negate state laws if they were deemed incompatible with the articles of union . The concept of checks and balances was embodied in a provision that legislative acts could be vetoed by a council composed of the executive and selected members of the judicial branch; their veto could be overridden by an unspecified legislative majority . </P> <P> The Virginia Plan and the debate surrounding it are prominently featured in the 1989 film A More Perfect Union, which depicts the events of the 1787 Constitutional Convention . Presented largely from the viewpoint and words of James Madison, the movie was mainly filmed in Independence Hall . </P>

Plan submitted at constitutional convention calling for a single chamber congress