Out of all the tree branches‚ I believe that the executive branch is the most powerful branch. The executive branch comes with Executive privileges. One executive privilege that the president has is that he can grant pardons or reprieves for federal offenses. For example‚ after Nixon’s impeachment‚ Gerald ford pardoned him. The president is the one who implements laws with the approval of congress. However‚ if the president is dissatisfied with the laws created by congress‚ he has the power to veto
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The Senate and the House share equal authority over many congressional matters‚ which include declaring wars and maintaining the armed forces of collecting taxes. Congress’s joint powers that seem to be more judicial and less concerned with the maintenance of the government as a whole. The power is the impeachment that is not a criminal trial. The Senate is required to decide whether changes are brought by the House of Representatives to merit removing from office and to disqualifying him or her
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initiating and making legislation‚ being a house of review and acting as a states’ house. The Senate is able to initiate bills and pass legislation that has been processed by the House of Representatives. Unlike the lower house‚ they cannot propose money bills but have influence on the bills in parliament. Legislation begins at the lower house of parliament whether it is firstly discussed in the lower or upper house. The Constitution positions the Senate to provide equal representation for each state
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powers across the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch of Texas is considered a “split executive.” The Texas Executive Branch consists of a Governor‚ a Lieutenant Governor‚ Secretary of State‚ Comptroller of Accounts‚ Commissioner of the General Land Office‚ and Attorney General. In this essay. I am going to discuss the many roles/duties of the many positions that make up the Executive Branch of Texas‚ as well as the difference between the U.S. Executive Branch and the Executive Branch of Texas. I will
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The Senate is an assembly or a council of citizens having the highest deliberative and legislative functions in a government. The House is a legislative or deliberative assembly that starts the political process. However‚ both houses are required to work together in order for government to work properly. This article will examine the many differences and similarities between two of the most important parts of American Government. Of course there are the physical differences between the House and
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MAZE The House of Representatives The House of Representatives forms one of the two branches of the U.S. congress. It comprises four hundred and thirty five members who are elected to two- year terms. During the First Congress‚ the House had sixty- five members. They all had a different job in the house. Many people could have the same job. House committees are responsible for most of the work involved in the creation of new laws. After a bill is introduced in the House‚ it is referred to a
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separated these powers into three different branches. The judicial‚ legislative‚ and executive are the three branches that each branch is separate and has independent powers. The powers that each branch is given‚ is so that they do not conflict with each other. To restrain one branch from becoming higher ranked than the other‚ checks and balances was brought into the picture. Checks and balances limits one branch from another. An example‚ of separation and checks and balances in our current government
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The first branch established in the US constitution is the legislative branch that as the Constitution states‚ “all the legislative power is controlled by Congress that consists of The House of Representatives and the Senate.” Congress is bicameral meaning it consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate which gives it two perspectives leading to a wider range of points of view that in theory makes the process more effective. The House of Representatives is the lower chamber that consists
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removed from the public. The Senate also deals with all appointments made by the President and oversees impeachment trials. It is the more stable legislative body out of the two due to its long term limits‚ and lack of rapid and sudden change. The six year terms help the Senate by giving Senators more time to focus on issues and not have to worry about elections. Senators can take time to attend to matter such as approving cabinet members. The Senate also operates more in a generalist fashion
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Both articles covering the Executive Branch and presidential power claim that both President Bush and President Obama used their power to a greater extent than what was laid out in Article II of the Constitution by the founders. Powers of the U.S. president should not be diminished for future executives later on down the line because Congress allows a lawless executive branch‚ or lose authority if we aggrandize the options by restricting the president to his constitutional powers. Would there be
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