What powers does House of Representatives have that senate does not?
490618
The House impeaches the president, the Senate tries. This also goes for all other government officials who are impeached. The Senate confirms major government officials, including members of the Supreme Court. The House has the power to choose the President under the scenario where no candidate has a majority of electoral votes (this happened in the past with the election of John Quincy Adams and many say this should have happened with the Bush-Gore contest).
882810
Don't wanna be a wikipaster, so this link here will give you some good information. the higher rated answers above explain things nicely as well\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate
752105
House. If only one.\nNot necessarily more power.  They just can just set the agenda better from the house.  Even though it may not get past the senate.
838551
The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. Each state is represented in the House proportionally to its population, and is entitled to at least one Representative. The total number of Representatives is currently fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, though Congress has the authority to change that number. Each Representative serves for a two-year term and may be re-elected an unlimited number of times. The presiding officer of the House is known as the Speaker, and is elected by the members. The present House delegations by state are shown in the article List of U.S. states by population.\n\nThe bicameral Congress arose from the desire of the Founders to create a "house of the people" that would represent public opinion, balanced by a more deliberative Senate that would represent the governments of the individual states, and would be less susceptible to variations of mass sentiment. The House is often considered the "lower house," and the Senate as the "upper house," although the United States Constitution does not use such language. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation.\n\nThe House is generally considered a more partisan chamber than the Senate. Many of the Founding Fathers intended the Senate (whose members were originally chosen by the state legislatures) to be a check on the popularly elected House, just as the House was to be a check on the Senate. The "advice and consent" powers (such as the power to approve treaties) were therefore granted to the Senate alone. The House was granted its own exclusive powers: the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach officials, and elect the President in electoral college deadlocks. The Senate, however, can propose amendments to spending bills, try impeached officials, and choose the Vice President in an electoral college deadlock. The Senate and its members generally have greater prestige than the House since Senators serve longer terms (six years) in a smaller body and (in most cases) represent larger constituencies than Representatives.\n\nThe House meets in the south wing of the United States Capitol.
240056
This is actually a very involved and complex question.  The powers of the executive also tend to vary with who is in power, and what his approval ratings are at that time.  Over all i'd say the legislative branch retains the most power.  Legislation is technically proposed exclusively by the legislative, with an additional power of over riding a veto with a 2/3rd vote.  In reality the executive branch has a LOT of power in guiding national platforms and legislation.
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Congress is the legislature (that is, lawmaking body) of the U.S. Federal Government.  Congress is divided into two chambers, the House of Representatives (lower chamber) and the Senate (upper chamber).  They are roughly equal in power, but there are differences in both the composition and functions of each body.\n\nFirst, the similarities.  All bills must pass both chambers in order to become law.  Both chambers have oversight responsibility over Federal agencies (usually exercised in committees).  Legislation can originate in either chamber, except for spending bills, which must originate in the House.  It just takes a simple majority for a bill to pass each chamber.\n\nFor more information on the legislative process, see:\n\nhttp://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_02.php\n\nNow, the contrasts.  First, the differences in composition.  \n\nThe House has 435 members elected from single member districts all of roughly equal population.  The districts are drawn up by state legislatures after each decennial census determines how many seats each state gets.  All members must stand for election every 2 years.  The Senate has 100 members, exactly 2 from each state, regardless of the state's population.  Senators serve for 6 years, but their terms are staggered so about one third are up for election every two years.  \n\nAs mentioned above, all spending bills must originate in the House.  Also, the House is the chamber which has impeachment powers, which it exercises by a simple majority vote. (An impeachment is akin to an indictment).  Once impeached the official is tried before the Senate, which can remove him or her if 2/3rds of the Senate finds him or her guilty.\n\nBut the Senate has several other functions not shared with the House.  First, all presidential appointments (cabinet secretaries, judges, ambassadors, high ranking military officials, etc, etc) must be approved by (a simple majority in) the Senate.  Treaties must be approved by 2/3rds of the Senate.\n\nThat is it in a nutshell.  For more info, see Article I of the U.S. Constitution, especially sections 1 and 2 [1] and also the other links below will prove very helpful to you. (And be sure to check out the info above on how a bill becomes law)
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This is actually not a separation of powers issue, the Speaker is mistaken. He is creating a protection that does not exist.\n\nCongress is allowed to create its own rules in governing itself, but that is only for how it takes care of business not for whether an office is off limits to law enforcement for an allegation unrelated to specific legislation offered by that member.\n\nThe Constitution also protects members of Congress from legal liability for things they say while in their capacity as a legislator, but again this is only so a member cannot be intimidated into not speaking his mind or acting on his conscience or on the will of his constituents.
711108
The Democrats broke the Bush Dictatorship, took control of the House of Representatives and the Senate is still in question. Bush will have to be responsible for his actions now. Democracy still works with the Constitution.
601763
well, these days, it's like weighing power on a gram scale, while we have to weigh Executive power on a freight scale.\n\nbut apart from that, I think that the Senate's ability to confirm or deny presidential appointees is considerable power (it's just that they haven't used it of late).
619396
The Senate is illegal.
908834
The judicial branch has the power of judicial review.\nThe president can veto bills.
932340
without the senate...the dems cannot impeach
954220
the senate, and filibuster.\nsee http://www.thisnation.com/question/037.html\nthis gives a pretty good definition.
1108243
Once a bill is introduced in Congress, it is assigned to a committee.  The committee can pass the bill along to the floor of the senate or it can shelve the bill and not do anything.  This bill was being shelved.\n\n  The Democrats were trying to get the bill on the floor for an up or down vote. \n\nWhat was actually being voted on was a procedure to get the bill out of committee.  That is what requires 60 votes.\n\nIt still only takes a simple majority to pass a bill.
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"While majority Democrats will have the power to demand information from the White House and control the federal pursestrings, their constitutional ability to control defense and foreign policy issues will be limited. The president still commands the armed forces and oversees diplomatic dealings with other nations.\n\nFurther, even though Democrats will control the Senate, they will do so only by a narrow 51-49 margin. Democrats will lack the two-thirds majorities needed to override presidential vetoes and enact bills the White House might oppose, and the 60 votes needed to prevent Senate Republicans from filibustering legislation."\n\n\nThey may preach change, but they lack the power to enforce it.
954783
The legislative branch of the government was given several powers under the Constitution. The may lay and collect taxes,regulate commerce with other nations and among the states,declare war,raise an army and navy,coin money. They may also impeach the president and members of the federal judiciary. Another big power of the legislative branch is to make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out it's enumerated powers(the ones listed above). This power is found in the necessary and proper clause.
522055
It really depends on the structure of government of the state you're referring to. In a democratic set up, all of the branches of government - executive, legislative and judicial - exercise police power to a certain extent.  The extent of the power is legislated by the Senate and Congress. The Judiciary makes sure that the executive and the legislative branches do not abuse or step out of the bounds of the limits of that power.