wondered what exactly the House of Representatives and the Senate actually do for the government? The government and branches of the government can be a difficult to understand. One might wonder what the House of Representatives and the Senate have to do with the Congress and what their actual part is. The House represents the people of America. The population of each state determines how many representatives each state gets in the House. An example of how many representatives a state can have is Arizona
The House of Representatives and the Senate were created to have separate functions and roles. The Founding Fathers did this on purpose, in order to keep a system of "checks and balances", and not become to powerful. The U.S. Constitution outlined the responsibilities of Congress and the Senate. The key differences between the both are constitutional powers and legislative and committee procedures. In Congress, they have many responsibilities that essentially affects every American. According
Explain how the impeachment power is split up between the House of Representatives and the Senate. [10 points] 1a: The process of impeachment is divided evenly to ensure proper judgement and fairness. The Constitution states that the House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment, and the Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments. So basically the House of Representatives investigates and brings the impeachment charges, and the Senate tries the official who is getting impeached
Australian and United States Constitution. 1. Introduction: This report focuses on the differences and similarities of constitution of Australian and United State, the history of both the United States and Australian constitution and the processes that took place to come up with a final document. A constitution is the legal document of how Australia is governed and can only be changed by a referendum, a national vote to change. 2. Australian Constitution: The Constitution of Australia was first
Congratulations on being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. I believe you should be very familiar with the Texas Legislature as you have served as a member of the Texas Legislature for eight years. However, the U.S. Legislature in Washington D.C. is structured very different than the Texas Legislature while having minor similarities. I would like to list some of the similarities and differences between these two legislatures to help you in the transition as the Congress has changed over
Legislative branch is also referred to as “Congress” and is comprised of both an upper and lower house which creates a bicameral legislature. The upper house of Congress is called the United States’ Senate and the lower house of Congress is called the House of Representatives. Candidates who decide to run for Congress run in a primary election and once elected, they are made independent representatives of specific districts and states regardless of their party (DeLorenzo). Together, Congress is in
should have been. “In October 1971, it was passed by the House of Representatives by 354 votes to 23; in March 1972, the Senate approved it by 84 votes to 8. All that remained was for the Amendment to be ratified by three-quarters of state legislatures” (Noble 3). By the votes leaning towards the House of Representatives and the Senate it helped the ERA gain a better way of getting to the top. Even though the House of Representatives and Senate had passed it immediately,
choose the country’s political leaders by regular, free, and fair elections and people have a choice between different candidates and parties to be in power to govern the country. The country’s citizens also can criticise and/or replace the elected leaders if they do not perform well. Citizens are the highest authority and government is based on the will of the people. Elected representatives at the national and states must listen to their people and
the similarities it has with America is the branches of government and human rights. The branches of government are what the Sudan and American governments are made of. The human rights are the rights and safety of their people. One of the differences between these two countries is the rights of women voting. All of these things make up of what the Sudanese government and what our government is all about. They build our future and make a big impact in our lives. The branches of government help
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