who holds more power in goverment, the senate or the house of representative and why?
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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).
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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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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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Yes indeed. "Legislative" means the ones who actually pass the laws ("legis" -- from the Latin for law), while "Executive" means the ones who execute (enforce) them, and "judicial" means the ones who judge them.  So Congress (the House of Representatives) and the Senate are both part of the legislative branch.
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A change in the power structure. When Democrats take control of either the House or Senate, it will be a whole new ballgame.
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Our government is a Republic, which in the U.S. is a representative Democracy.  We elect our Congressional delegates, our representatives, to pass laws by which we will govern ourselves.
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The United States Congress is an example with the House of Representatives and the Senate. The difference is the House represents states by population. The bigger the state the more reps you have. In the Senate each state only has 2 reps no matter the size.  Parliament in England is another example with the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Good luck on your quiz. Post how you did. I want to know
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three~\nLegislative, Judicial, and exceutive\nthe legislative has 2 houses- house of reps. and Senate, it also makes the laws\nJudicial- Supreme Court\nExecutive- Pres., Cabinet, and some other people
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In a Parliamentary government the Executive (President or Prime Minister) more directly depends on the legislature for power. There is usually more direct control over government  by the people in this form, but it is also more inherently unstable and offers less checks and balances.
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In the United states there are actually two representative bodies: The House of Representatives and the Senate.  Together they are called Congress.
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Congress of USA consists of Senate and the House of Representatives.
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The House is larger (435 members), and elected en masse every two years. The great power of the House is in taxation and spending. The Constitution requires that all revenue bills originate in the House. Therefore, the House Ways and Means Committee, House Budget Committee and the House Appropriations Committee basically control domestic spending.\n\nThe real power of the Senate lies in two areas: Appointments and Foreign Policy. The Senate is smaller (100 members) and has longer six year terms. And the Constitution requires all treaties negotiated with foreign governments to be approved by the Senate. It also requires all major executive appointments (members of the president's cabinet, ambassadors, etc) to be approved by the Senate. And all members of the federal Judiciary (most especially, the members of the Supreme Court) must also be approved by the Senate.\n\nBottom line -- The House dominates in taxing and spending policy, and the Senate dominates in appointments and foreign policy.\n\nHope this answer helps.
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Short answer:\nCongress is the legislative branch of the government\nThe Senate is half of Congress\nThe House of Representatives (sometimes called just "House") is the other Half of Congress\nRepresentatives are the members of the House of Representatives\n\nLong answer:\nThe US government is made up of three branches - executive (president), judicial (courts, from the Supreme Court on down), and legislative (Congress). There is a separation of powers (you probably learned the phrase "checks and balances" in school) - this allows each branch to have some power of its own and some power to regulate the other branches.\n\nCongress is made up of two elected groups - the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both have similar duties - the difference is in how the numbers are distributed over the states, and how long their terms are. All states have two Senators, and they serve 6 years. With Senators, all people in the state vote for both Senators, just not both at the same time. The number of Representatives is determined by the population of the state. Right now there are 435 voting members (representatives from DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands don't vote). Every state gets at least one Representative, but the larger the state, the more Representatives they have. Each Representative comes from a section of their home state - not everyone in the state gets to elect all of the state's Representatives. You elect one in your region. Representatives serve 2 year terms, so every two years all of the seats in the House of Representatives are up for vote.\n\nCongress deals with stuff like interstate and international commerce, declaring war, levying taxes, maintaining the military, and organizing the federal courts. There are some things that they cannot control according to the Constitution - powers that are reserved for the states. \n\nThere are a few things that only the Senate or only the House can do. For example, when the President nominates a new Supreme Court Justice or federal judge, the Senate votes whether or not to accept (confirm) the nomination. Only the House can begin impeachment proceedings against the President (and it doesn't go to the Senate unless the House vote to impeach). The House also is the only place where bills for raising money can be started.
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The most signifigant power in the House is Appropriations.  They control the spending.  The power to declare war must be initiated in the House but ratified in the Senate.  The Senate has the power of the filibuster which can delay, and sometimes, defeat legislation.  All the power in the House rests in the hands of committee chairpersons and so the average Senator is much more powerful than the average Congressman.  The House has 435 members and the Senate only 100 and so a Senator has more clout and prestige.  The function of both houses is to represent different constituencies.  The House was set up for all the people, to be their voice in Washington.  The Senate was originally set up as a kind of aristocracy and Senators were originally appointed and not elected to ensure that the general rabble didn't get too high a hand.  The Senate was given the power to ratify treaties and "advise and consent" in regards to Presidential appointments.  The committee chairpersons in the House and the Speaker of the House are more powerful than the average Senator.  Sorry for rambling.
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The senate and the house are the two government bodies that make up the legislative branch of government, or congress. They propose and pass laws and appropriate funds. They also do investigations and can appoint special councils and approve judge ships.
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You can write a whole book on the differences between the two chambers of congress\n\n1.) Senate are 6 year terms while the HOR are two year terms\n2.) Every 2 years, only 1/3 of the senators are up for re-election.  All HOR congressmen are up every two years.\n3.) Senator represents a whole state, representative represents a district within a state\n4.) HOR can impeach the president, Senate can throw the president out of office\n5.) Only the Senate judiciary committee can appoint justices to the Supreme Court, only the House judiciary committee can decides how many seats there are on the federal bench.\n6.) 435 members of the House and 100 senators (two per state)\n\nThere are many more differences, but those were the ones that came to mind
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There isn't one. A Senator is a Congressman, but Senator is a more specific term than Congressman, which refers to both the House of Representatives and the Senate.