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What is one power unique to the Senate and why did the framers give this power to the Senate?
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∙ 13y ago
The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Basically, the House serves as a grand jury that may indict an office holder. The Senate conducts the actual trial. The framers intentionally split these duties between the houses because the House is less exclusive. The Senate members serve longer terms (less elections) and are for that reason more resistant to the frequent whims of the people and thus are less likely to convict office holders and remove them from office based on fickle passions and witch-hunts. The thought is that Senators are more reasoned. An indictment can be conducted by passionate congressmen because their decisions are checked by the cool deliberation of the Senate.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoOne power that the framers of the US Constitution gave to the Senate is the ability to impeach a government official. They oversee the impeachment trial and can impeach with a two third majority.
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∙ 14y agoThe senate has the power to or reject important appointments made by the president
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∙ 15y agoThe Senate is uniquely empowered to ratify treaties and to approve top presidential appointments.
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∙ 13y agoThe power to declare war.
The framers gave this power to the Senate so the President would not have too much power.
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What did the framers give congress to protect liberty and specify its powers?
executive power
Why did the framers give the House power?
Wat farmers & wat house? im randomly guessing the answer is because the farmers lived there so they wanted their house 2 hav power. thanx 4 asking, not that i know the answer.
For what purpose did the framers give the power to impeach to the House of Representatives?
orginially the house was the only national legislative body directly representative of the people. The idea of this power to the house was to reflect the power of the people. The senate was to act in the interest of the states. The politics behind their findings from the impeachment trial would also be less likely to be influenced by politics since they are elected for a six year term. The overreaching idea is that Madison drafted a plan to ensure checks and balances in various powers of government
What does the senate have sole power of?
According to Aricle 1, Section 3.6 of the U.S. Constitution "The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments." All impeachment trials are held in the Senate, where the President can be found guilty with an a 2/3 vote majority.
Why was congress unwilling to give the president the power to veto bills?
Congress was not unwilling to give the President the veto power. Certain members of the Constitutional Convention were. Congress, as we know it today, did not write the Constitution. Some Framers of the Constitution did not favor the veto power, fearing it gave the President too much power of the legislative branch. In fact, many Framers felt the President should simply be an agent of the Congress subject to its direction and control.
Why did the framers give power to ratify treaties to the senate?
Because they were the only ones who were able to appoint for the position and that treaties are only given to the powers of Congress
What did the framers give to congress?
the power of commerce and the power to tax
What did the framers give congress to protect liberty and specify its powers?
executive power
Why did the framers of the constitution give the president the power to veto a law passed by congress?
Cool
What sole power does the senate have?
Senate has the sole power to give their advise and consent to presidential appointments. They also have the power to conduct impeachment trials.
Why did the Framers of the Constitution decide that the US needed a new govt?
The Framers thought that the government was too weak and they wanted to give it more power than the states.
Why do the representatives have the power to impeach?
Because that's what it says in the Constitution. If you mean "why does the Constitution grant them in particular that power," the answer is along the lines of "why not?"To achieve balance of power, the Framers felt there must be a way for the legislature to remove the president from office. They decided to give the power to bring charges to the House while the actual trial would be conducted by the Senate.
Why did Framers create Article II of the Constitution so loosely?
No man can be omnipotent and give more power to the people.
Identify one unique power to the House of Representatives and why the framers gave The House that power?
One power unique to the House is that they can elect the next president if no candidates receive majority vote. The House also starts all revenue (money) bills, and has the power to impeach civil officers.
A strong emperor and weak senate can work when?
give more power to citizens
Does the senate give more power to the less populated states?
The Senate gives equal power to all states, thus giving less populated states more power than they have in the House of Representatives, where power is determined by population.
Why do you think the senate must give consent to presidential appointment?
To limit the presidents power
