Both houses may initiate legislation to introduce a proposed law, but neither can send it forward to the Presidnet without the approval of the other house. (i.e.- BOTH houses must approve the legislation before it can be signed into law.)
What
each state had an equal vote
Each state had one vote in Congress, which gave each state equal power.
Missouri Compromise
To maintain their voting power in Congress.
the division of congress into the house and senate apex
There was an issue of representation of states in congress.
yes and no. congress is set up to whare the president, supreme court, and the legeslative branch share an equal amount of power.
Both have a multi-party system. In both countries, executive power is held by the government, legislative power rests under the government and the two chambers of the National Congress in Chile and the two chambers of parliament in Poland, and judicial power is separate from the executive and legislative. Both democracies have attempted forms of privatization.
Congress has the power to tax
constituent power of congress
No. The Congress derives its power from the Constitution, not from the president. The president and Congress are co-equal branches of the govenerment: the president cannot suspend the congress, and the Congress cannot suspsend the Presidency