what are the distinctive of roles&duties between the house of commons&the house of lords?
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Common rules are covered by the roles assigned to house of commons and the rules for lords  come under the roles of house of lords.
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Depends, IN America, the head of state is President. He hold the final power of desicion making. He is the head of legislative and excutive.\nIN ENGLAND, the head of state is Prime Minister, he take all the meetings working, and give information to his King(Queen). Prime Minister make the desicion, but act under the signature of QUEEN. Prime Minister is head of excutive not the head of legislative.
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a more important role than what? please edit & exlain. thanks.
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Try www.house.gov and www.senate.gov - see if they have historical info on the make-up of both bodies.  These are teh official House and Senate websites.
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The modern parliamentary system has its roots in the Roman Republic's senate, which was essentially a ruling council made up of the elite of society. Even after the Republic became the Roman Empire, the senate still had immense influence and power. However, as time went on, the autocratic nature of later emperors eventually reduced the senate's prestige and power, and ushered in centuries of relative autocratic rule by monarchs. Under feudalism in the Middle Ages, all members of a kingdom were technically under the protection of a ruling monarch (and the Church), who gave land to nobles in exchange for support. However, nobles would occasionally challenge the ruling monarch (as would the Church). Under the customs of Feudalism, groups of nobles would meet to decide on whether they would support the monarch on important issues. These groups sometimes clashed with the autocratic nature of some monarchs. The most important clash, in the evolution of the nation state and Constitutional rule of law, came with Magna Carta of 1215—it was the first true challenge to the unrestrained powers of a king, attempting to constitutionally limit King John after he committed a series of debacles. The kingdom of England had become too big, the groups of nobles believed, for any one man as crazy as John to make decisions. The statements made by Magna Carta were a direct challenge to the Divine Right of Kings, a philosophy held by convention at the time, and led to many civil wars, perhaps the most famous of which was the English Civil War.\n\nParliaments throughout Europe systematically replaced the powers of the monarch, often holding complete financial control of the state. In many cases the monarchs finally signed over all actual power, and became ceremonial figureheads. In others, the entire monarchy fell, and were replaced by the parliaments. As time went on, most states began to give suffrage to decide the makeup of the parliament, often with two houses. One was hereditary and made up of nobles, and the other made up of elected officials, for example the House of Lords and House of Commons in the United Kingdom. Initially, the house of the elite, or upper house, held most of the power, but most parliaments now invest almost complete power in the elected or lower house. Some parliaments have abolished the upper house completely, while others have altered them to be elected as well. The parliamentary system has come full circle from its ancient beginnings.\n\nThe executive is typically a cabinet, and headed by a prime minister who is considered the head of government, but parliamentarism has also been practised with privy councils. The prime minister and the ministers of the cabinet typically have their background in the parliament and may remain members thereof while serving in cabinet. The leader of the leading party, or group of parties, in the parliament is often appointed as the prime minister. In many countries, the cabinet, or single members thereof, can be removed by the parliament through a vote of no confidence. In addition, the executive can often dissolve the parliament and call extra-ordinary elections. Under the parliamentary system the roles of head of state and head of government are more or less separated. In most parliamentary systems, the head of state is primarily a ceremonial position, often a monarch or president, retaining duties that aren't politically divisive, such as appointments of civil service. In many parliamentary systems, the head of state may have reserve powers which are usable in a crisis. In most cases however, such powers are (either by convention or by constitutional rule) only exercised upon the advice and approval of the head of government.\n\nBecause the executive is directly related to the legislature, some argue the executive is actually more accountable than many fixed term presidential systems, as the executive, being linked to the legislative, can face an early election in the face
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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.
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Senate:\nRepublicans:\nMajority Leader: Bill Frist (TN)\nMajority Whip: Mitch McConnell (KY)\nPresident Pro Tempore: Ted Stevens (AK)\n\nDemocrats:\nMinority Leader: Harry Reid (NV)\nMinority Whip: Dick Durbin (IL)\n\nHouse:\nRepublicans: \nSpeaker of the House: Dennis Hastert (IL)\nMajority Leader: John Boehner (OH)\nMajority Whip: Roy Blunt (MO)\n\nDemocrats: \nMinority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (CA)\nMinority Whip: Steny Hoyer (MD)\n\nThe Majority Leaders in both houses are in charge directing legislation onto the Floor of their chambers.  They lead their parties and determine what position their party will take on any particular legislation.  The Whips are in charge of rounding up votes.  They must ensure that the party members are going to vote with the party, and they can tally what legislation can and can't pass.\n\nThe Speaker of the House is the 3rd in the line of Constitutional succession after the President and Vice-President.  He presides over the House of Representatives and conducts affairs.  He also has control over the powerful Rules Committee, which determines what legislation gets to the floor of the House and what kind of debate it can have.\n\nThe President Pro Tempore is the presiding officer of the Senate when the Vice President is not around.  He doesn't really have much power outside of that.
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Congressmen are the representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives, whereas senators are the Representatives of the U.S. Senate.  Congressmen are elected once every two years.
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There are two "houses" of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.\n\nEach house of Congress is futher divided into two major political parties: Republicans and Democrats (plus a couple of independents).
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The House of Representatives
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he is more than a first among equals.before becoming a primeminister he will have had some twety years experience in the house of commons.he will not have achieved this position without having won the confidence  and respect of his party colleagues,upon whose support he must depend.as the king's firt minister,he appoints approximatly 100 height officials,including the ministers,the most important of whom will be his cabinet colleagues.he presides all meetings of the cabinet and has the leading voice in the determination of policy.
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Can you be more specific in what you are looking for?\n\nFor example are you looking for laws that are pertinent only to England?
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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Parliament also includes the Sovereign and the upper house, the House of Lords; the House of Commons is the dominant branch. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members of Parliament" or MPs. Members are elected by the first-past-the-post system of election, holding office until Parliament is dissolved (a maximum of five years). Each member is elected by, and represents, an electoral district known as a constituency. The House of Commons is the source of the vast majority of government ministers and every Prime Minister since 1902, with the very brief exception of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1963, has been drawn from it (Home did actually rule from the House of Commons, however, taking a seat in the House shortly after being chosen as Prime Minister).\n\nThe House of Commons evolved at some point during the 14th century and has been in continuous existence since. The House of Commons (the "lower house") was once far less powerful than the House of Lords (the "upper house"), but is now by far the dominant branch of Parliament. The House of Commons' legislative powers exceed those of the House of Lords; under the Parliament Act 1911, the Lords' power to reject most bills was reduced to a mere delaying power. Moreover, the Government of the United Kingdom is answerable to the House of Commons; the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of the lower house.\n\nThe full, formal style and title of the House of Commons is The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The term "Commons" derives from the Norman French word communes, referring to the geographic and collective communities of their representatives. It is often misunderstood that "Commons" comes from the word "commoners", referring to those sitting in the House, similar to the way in which the name "House of Lords" indicates that those sitting in the "Other Place" are elevated to the Peerage. This explanation, however, is ahistorical. Both Houses, the Commons and Lords, meet in the Palace of Westminster. Both Houses have in the past met elsewhere, and retain the right to do so, provided the Mace is present.
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Senate and House of Representatives
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yes, but in some ways it is worse because we dont have the same protections afforded to us as the US do against the possibility of a totalitarian prime-minister whose party have become supine to his/her will.The house of lords can be overruled by the Parliament if they so wish and if the law lords have been installed by that leader they may be beholden to him/her.I believe we need a constitution to outline these limits.
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Labour in UK.\n\nLabour/Lib Dems in Scotland.
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Prime Minister and a Parliament.