The house of Representatives has the special power to?
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All of the above\nplus they can Vote to declare War.
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Speaker of the House. The position of Speaker is established in the U.S. Constitution and is the most senior officer of the House of Representatives (and the third most senior official in the entire federal government.) Institutionally, the Speaker holds broad-ranging powers and presides over debate in the House, makes rulings on points of order, has priority right of recognition on the floor, and sets the agenda by deciding what and when legislation comes before the House. In addition, the Speaker appoints task forces and commissions and oversees the management of support functions to the House. Finally, by modern practice, the Speaker serves as the primary spokesperson for his congressional party.\nSee also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives\n\nHouse Majority Leader. The Majority Leader, the second most senior official in the House, is by recent practice the day-to-day manager of business on the House floor.\nSee also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority_Leader\n\nHouse Majority Whip. The responsibilities of the Majority Whip includes persuading Members to support the party's position on votes and projecting support for the party's position. The Majority Whip is assisted by a network of members assigned to count votes and "whip" or convince their colleagues to supporting their party's legislative position.\nSee also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority_Whip_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives
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They're both very important.  When a bill is brought to Congress, it first must be brought through the House.  If it is approved by the House, it is passed up to the Senate for approval and then the President ultimately has the power to veto it.  If either the House or the Senate is balanced in a certain direction by either a majority of Democrats or Republicans, it determines greatly what type of bills get passed and turned down.
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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 10th Amendment says:\n\n"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."\n-10th Amendment\n\nSO, all those powers that Congress has not been given (i.e. anything left out of the Constitution) will be given to state government, or the people themselves (which I think is pretty cool.)\n\nOf course, at any time, Congress can pass Amendments to the Constitution, which gives Congress power over a certain issue, taking away the responsibility from the state.
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While the person above is correct in saying that the Speaker has a large influence in saying what bills reach the floor of the House, its the Rules Committee that makes the decision.  This is why the Speaker usually keeps the Rules Committee under pretty tight control (it's nickname is commonly the Speaker's Committee).  The Rules committee can decide how long debate is open on the bill, as well as whether or not amendments will be accepted.
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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.
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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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No there's no special name given to this power, or any other above it.
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Lol...obviously, the answer would be the US Congress...any other riddles?\n\n~SugaSw33t
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You would think the senate staffer would give you the best answer but he didn't, must be working for a (D).\nCongress, both the house and the senate have all kinds of cool non legislative powers.  not only does the congress(one or the other, sometimes both) have to declare war they also have to ratify all treaties, they confirm federal, appeals and supreme court justices, ambassadors, cabinet members, so they actually approved the late great DICK Cheney, they hold the budget purse strings, but that's kind of legislative, they can remove judges, presidents or anyone they approve through impeachment, they can investigate anyone in public, in some MA senators case they can get away with DWI and vehicular homicide and Child porn in FL. Okay the last two were political jabs but Congress has buckets of non legislative power, enough to keep them busy without passing any new laws all year long if they wanted.
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The president is the peoples representative.  If Congress tries to become too powerful, he has the ability to veto legislation and force them to pass it with a 2/3rds vote instead of a simple majority.
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No...the house of represenative holds the power of impeachment.  The Senate decides if the impeachment deserves removal from office.
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You can only do so much when you control the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court and the Presidency...
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House Bill number 3347.\n\nIf you want to know what the house bill is, google it.
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Can I get 10 pts if no one responds? \n\nYou gotta write about the balance of powers. How Supreme Court rules over the Congress.
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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