Can the Senate Raise taxes or approve appointments that the President makes?
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You need to go back and read the basics of American Government. When you understand how your government works, you won't need to ask questions that a middle school student can answer.
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The judicial branch has the power of judicial review.\nThe president can veto bills.
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1) Appointment for life as chosen by the president. That's a balance of powers, how?? Oh, and for the immediate response of "congress can veto" - yes, they can, but if there's just one year where the congress is swayed one way or the other, that "for life" part affects the next 30 years or so. \n2) They have the final word. No one gets to veto them once they make up their mind. Again, not too much balance there.
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Can he?  Sure.  All it takes is a majority vote of the House of Representatives.\n\nWill he?  Probably not - the Republicans control the House and Senate at the moment.  Clinton was impeached when the opposition party controlled Congress.\n\nKeep in mind that impeachment does not mean removal from office.  Impeachment is simply the process of charging the President (or other positions like Vice-President or judges) with high crimes or misdemeanors.  Then the Senate acts as judge and jury to try the person.  If they are convicted by the Senate, they are removed from office.  Any criminal charges would then involve another trial after the person is out of office.
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I think only the President of the Senate is mentioned (the Vice President of the United States) along with the President pro tem.  The rest of the officers are left up to the Senate as it is given power to make its own rules.
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1.  Income tax increases.\n2.  Increase in the capital gains tax.\n3.  Activist judges will be appointed to the bench, and constructivist judges will be Borked.\n4.  Possible impeachment of the President in the House, without conviction in the Senate.\n5.  Heavy regulations on trade will spur higher prices.\n6.  Monetary policy will spike inflation.\n7.  Increased regulations on energy will raise prices, discourage competition, and forestall innovation.\n8.  The Fairness Doctrine could be re-established, and curtail free-speech rights.\n9.  Federal limitations on Municipal bonds would be reduced, lowering the availability of smaller counties and cities to get money from places other that the Fed, and hurting the available capital for infrastructure development.\n10.  Democrats proposed two bills to re-instate the draft in the last decade.  The shift from a volunteer military to a conscription military will erode moral in both the civilian and military sectors.\n\nHonest, Intelligent, and no hatred.  Hope this satifies.
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The Justices are nominated by the President and then must be approved by the Senate.
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Actually, you may not have to wait, with about 1/2 of the Republicans against George W. Bush now,     1ST Stage: the House of representatives can vote to impeach, "articles of impeachment", 2ND Stage: the Senate actually tries the case, with a two-thirds vote required for conviction.\nThe Vice President can be impeached as well. \nBill Clinton was impeached, but not convicted.
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Caesar increased the senate roles to 900. With the accession of Augustus, the permanent foundation for senate numbers appears to have been fixed at 600, but this number also fluctuated throughout the empire at the whims of the emperors.
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It's a matter of consistency.  The Senate is designed in such a way as to limit the disruption caused by elections.  Which is why only 1/3 of the Senate comes up for election every two years.
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This is baffling me as well. I'm not feeling well enough for indepth reading, but one of these might answer your question. \n\nMy best understanding at the time is that the senate, however much of it, appoints a presiding officer, but, if that's correct, from where I do not know. \n\nFoxNews has a judicial analyst, Andrew P. Napolitano, who might be able to answer your question. I do not know his e-mail address, nor can I find a home page for him. Hopefully, an e-mail to him through the FoxNews website will result in an answer your question if the resources I gave do not.
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They are usually appointed by the govenor\n\nSection. 3.\n\nThe Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.\n\nImmediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.\n\nThe above was the old way and is part of the Constitution. It was later addressed again under amendment!\n\nAMENDMENT XVII \nPassed by Congress May 13, 1912. Ratified April 8, 1913.\n\nNote: Article I, section 3, of the Constitution was modified by the 17th amendment.\n\nThe Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.\n\nWhen vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.\n\nIt is still usually the governor who appoints the replacement!
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No. An exercise in futility. Conviction requires a 2/3 vote from the Senate.  Will never happen unless something even worse than what he has already done is uncovered.  The democrats would be better advised politically to pass positive legislation that benefits middle class americans and have Bush veto it.
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Recess appointments are authorized by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution: "The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session."\n\nThe purpose of the recess appointment power was to permit the President to keep offices filled when it was anticipated that the Senate would only meet during a small portion of the year. Until the 1930's, Congress rarely convened in the hot Washington summer, and a spring vacancy in an office might have to wait until the Senate convened in December to consider a nomination.
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Congress can impeach justices and appoint nominations.\nThe President is the only one that can appoint justices.
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Congress is in charge of taxing and spending, not the President.  He can veto, but has yet to do so on any spending bill.  I found a great article that puts the deficit in a new light by Walter Williams.  Visit his website as well, he is very good about explaining economic theory in very simple and understandable ways.
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The sitting President of the United States nominates someoone and then he/she goes before a committee and if the committees okay him/her then it goes to a vote in the Senate and the House.