what does the senate do other than pass bills?
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They confirm presidential appointments to high level government offices - all of the judges in the Federal court system (federal "district" courts - trial courts, appeals courts, and the Supreme Court), as well as any department heads ("secretaries") and their immediate staff ("undersecretaries").  They also serve as the jury if a government official is impeached - impeaching a person is to put them on trial, not to remove them.  (The house of representatives acts as the "prosecutor" in an impeachment hearing.)  If an official is convicted at the impeachment hearing, the standard penalty is to be removed from office.  Any government official can be impeached.
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The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. In the Senate, each state is equally represented by two members; as a result, the total membership of the body is currently 100. Senators serve for six-year terms that are staggered so elections are held for approximately one-third of the seats (a "class") every second year.The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and serves as its presiding officer, but is not a Senator and does not vote except to break ties. The Vice President rarely acts as President of the Senate unless casting a tie-breaking vote or during ceremonial occasions, so the duty of presiding usually falls to the President Pro Tempore, customarily the most senior senator of the majority party. Most often, the President Pro Tempore will designate a member from his party to serve as presiding officer for the day.
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You probably mean the filibuster. It is a tactic used by members of a minority to try and prevent the majority from addressing an issue or passing a law. In it, the member filibustering takes the floor and speaks for as long as they want to try and stall business. As long as the member remains on the floor speaking nothing else happens, but as soon as they quit speaking and or leave the floor business resumes as usual. One famous case of this was a Senator filibustering by reading out of the phone book.
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Technically, the legislature (the House and the Senate). But the President and Vice President often suggest and sponsor laws through congressmen and senators.
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There are 2 houses, the House of Representatives & the Senate.
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Pass laws that protect the people.  Serve as the check and balance of the judiciary and the executive branches of government.
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When the Senate figures out how to get around the Constitutionality problem their bill has right now, or when one of the alternatives being introduced come up for a vote.\n\nYou could write or email your Congressmen to find out, and let them know of your interest.
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http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm\n\nwhen you click on each senator's name it gives you more information about them.
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No, it is not. They need 60 votes in the senate to get anything passed.
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Here are links to both the House and Senate.  You can find the answer here:
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Maybe I can get you started, and others can think of more.\n\nEach body has committees that hold hearings, advise the  Senators or Representatives of its findings and make voting recommendations.\n\nIts members are elected from their home state.\n\nEach Senator and Rep has one vote.\n\nEach body has a leader, The Speaker of the House, and the President Pro Tem of the Senate.\n\nFrom within the ranks the Majority Leader of the Senate is chosen, and similarly the Speaker of the House
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passed the House, not the Senate.
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It isn't in place yet.  The Senate passed one version, the House passed a different one.  The Senate will give theirs to the House to see if they can negotiate one bill for all of Congress to vote on.  If they can't, it will not go further.  Meanwhile other people are sponsoring new legislation to see if that is better or more popular.
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The House and the Senate introduce the legislation and refer it to a committee and sub-committe to be discussed and then voted on. If the committes approve, it must be voted on by the House and Senate members. Then, it seek the approval of the president, who can veto or sign the bill.
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1) New bills usually go directly to subcommittee, which can hold hearings on bill \n2) Committee/subcommittee staffs conduct research, line up witnesses for hearings \n3) Write and rewrite bills \n4) Committee/subcommittee report on proposed legislation \n5) Reports are bound in beige or green covers - available from Government Printing Office \n6) Committees most important output: "marked up" (rewritten) bill \n7) Bill submitted to full House or Senate for debate and voting
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Bills regarding taxes and appropriations for the expenses of the government must emanate from the House of Congress.\nBills affecting names of streets, public schools and other public places are initiated in the Lower House. \n\nBills affecting the whole country are passed in the Senate.
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the Senate being part of the Legislative bracn has the power in conjunction with the House of Representative to to pass laws and regulation . There are some differences in the powers of the House and senate however. All spending bills while requiring passage by the senate must be initiated in the House of representatives the senate can amend an existing spending bill but can not initiate spending legislation. Removal of federal officials is vested in the congress but must be originated in the House of Representatives by articles of Impeachment. once impeached The senate holds the sole power to hold a trial and remove said official these are the powers vested in congress as a whole and how they are divided.\n\nthen there are the powers that are exclusive to the senate and are not shared by the house. The senate holds the sole power of advice and consent in regards to cabinet, Ambasador   and judicial appointees. The senate also has the sole power to approve or ratify a treaty with a foreign entity or government. The last power granted by the 16th amendment is the power to elect the vice president if the electoral college is deadlocked. \n\nAs for problems many would argue the pratice of filibuster which is practiced only in the senate is is counter to the democratic principle one person or in this case senator one vote. for for the Filibuster allows a minority to block the majority voteby not releasing the floor so a vote can be taken.\nSome also Might contend the original intention of the senate has been corrupted. The The house of representative was ment to be the body representing the populous The senate was put in place to safeguard the rights and sovereignty of state governments as a whole. the modern senate can be argued is much more a populous body than the founders intended.\n  \nI think this covers all the bases I hope this helps