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The bicameral houses of congress are limited by the system known as "checks and balances."
They're both equal. The checks and balances system was created to keep all the branches of government in check.
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The system of checks and balances works as a safeguard because no one branch of the government can have complete control. This keeps the power spread out so noone has too much influence. For example the President can propose laws, but he needs the House and Senate approval for them to be enacted.
Due to our system of checks and balances, he alone does not have the authority to changes laws. It still has to be run through both the senate and the house of representatives.
They give the president the power to keep a bill alive that he thinks is important if either the house or senate vote it down.
One way the Constitution reflects the principle of checks and balances is in the way bills are passed. Every Bill that passes the House of Representatives and the Senate has to be signed by the President before it becomes law. If the President does not sign the bill, it returns to the Congress to be reconsidered.
== == 1. The Supreme Court can declare a law passed by the House and Senate and signed by the President to be unconstitutional. 2. The President can veto a law passed by the House and Senate. 3. The House and Senate can override the President's veto with a 2/3 vote.
== == 1. The Supreme Court can declare a law passed by the House and Senate and signed by the President to be unconstitutional. 2. The President can veto a law passed by the House and Senate. 3. The House and Senate can override the President's veto with a 2/3 vote.
The Senate and the House of Representatives are responsible to the American Voters. When you hear that our government is for the people and by the people, that is what it means. There are certain checks and balances with in the system, such a the ability to censure their members, or have hearings to investigate and prosecute criminal activity. In the final count, they are responsible to the voters, who decide whether they will keep their office or not.
A bill is written and starts in the house. It goes to committee is evaluated and passes committee. It then goes to the full House for a vote. It passes the house. Now, it goes to the Senate. The Senate sends it to committee. The committee passes it and it goes to the full Senate. They pass the bill. It now goes to the president. He can sign it, veto it, or do nothing. This is a real life example of checks and balances.
Checks and Balances refers to the constitutional right for each branch of government to check on each other in order that there will not be any abuse of power. The three branches of the U.S. government is the Executive (President), Legislative (House of Representatives and the Senate), and the Judicial (U.S. Supreme Court).