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legislative powers of the federal government to Congress‚ which is divided into two chambers‚ the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two members from each state. Its current membership is 100. Members of the House of Representatives are based on the population of each state. The total membership is fixed by its statute in 435. Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are elected by vote to a single round (first-past-the-post) in every state except Louisiana and
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cap spending at 18 percent of the gross domestic product‚ require a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate to increase taxes and require a three-fifths majority vote in both chambers to raise the debt limit” (Lengell). This‚ however‚ would pose to quite a challenge in an ever changing legislative system. Democrats currently have an advantage in the Senate as they occupy 51 of the 100 seats in Senate (Party Division). Republicans‚ however‚ currently have the advantage in the House of Representatives
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Illinois voters sent a Democratic newcomer‚ Barack Obama‚ to one of the state’s two seats in the U.S. Senate in 2004. Obama’s landslide victory in Illinois was significant on several fronts. Firstly‚ he became the Senate’s only African American lawmaker when he was sworn into office in January 2005‚ and just the third black U.S. senator to serve there since the 1880s. Moreover‚ Obama’s political supporters came from a diverse range of racial and economic backgrounds‚ which is still relatively rare
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Congress (House of Reps & Senate) 535 members in congress 435 Reps & 100 Sen. Article 1 Legislative branch makes law A Bicameral Congress Historical British Parliament consisted of two houses Practical Created to settle differences in NJ (Senate)&VA (House of Reps) Plans Terms Each term of Congress last for two years First term of Congress March 4th‚ 1789 Start date for Congress changed with 20th Amendment Session A period of time during which‚ every year‚ Congress assembles and conducts business
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with the advice and consent of the Senate‚ negotiate treaties and appoint justices of the Supreme Court and judges of lower courts and government officials. The constitution requires that there be a Supreme Court and leaves it to congress to create lower courts. It specifies what kind of cases the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over and which ones have to be appealed to it from lower courts. The legislature is the congress. It has two houses‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives
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lot of different advantages in the legislative process. For the Senate‚ the majority party contains all the chairs for their members‚ ranks members‚ and president pro. Having the majority of members means when votes are cast‚ the majority will win. Delegates the committee to work on the bill. Those who fill the chairs also have the power to vote on moving the selections of legislation to the next level. If the bill makes it to the senate floor‚ the committee chair man will present it as the expert on
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resolution that sets limits on how much each committee can spend (or reduce revenues) over the course of the year. The terms of the budget resolution are then enforced against individual appropriations‚ entitlement bills‚ and tax bills on the House and Senate floors. In addition‚ Congress sometimes uses a special procedure called “reconciliation” to facilitate the passage of deficit reduction legislation or other major entitlement or tax legislation. The Federal Budget Process The federal Budget of
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legislature that will benefit themselves at the expense of others. Unreasonable demands of the Senate can be blocked by the Representatives and in turn the Senate can kill a piece of unjust legislation passed by the Representatives. The prevention of unfair laws and legislature is a clear advantage. One difficulty of this bicameralism is that it is incredibly hard to enact change because both the House and the Senate need to agree on something for it to become law. If no census can be reached‚ then the piece
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chambers of Congress equal in power (15 marks) One factor which could be seen to imply that the two chambers of Congress aren’t equal in power is the contrast in importance of the political decisions they get to vote on – and for this reason the Senate can be seen as superior. Senators hold exclusively the ability to ratify treaties as well as confirming the President’s nominees for position such as Supreme Court justices and leading roles within the government‚ and they exercise this power which
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