Hold a trial for an official who has been impeached
the senate did something.
not to allow the senate to speak until tax meeting
Will only allow something of a certain size or with certain characteristics to pass through.
40 something
Yes, but our senate is appointed, not elected.
His only responsibility if to make the deciding vote in the Senate as the President of the Senate if there is ever a tie on legislation. His other duty is to take over as President should something happen to the sitting President.
His only responsibility if to make the deciding vote in the Senate as the President of the Senate if there is ever a tie on legislation. His other duty is to take over as President should something happen to the sitting President.
he can only vote in the result of a tie in the senate.
The only way the average person can vote in the Senate is to elect a representative to speak for you. If a person is not a Member of the Senate, they can not cast a vote.
The Constitution doesn't give the House of Representatives any power to control what the Senate does. So if the senators don't want to discuss a House bill they don't have to. The Constitution does give the Senate the power to set its own procedure, and if the Senate has chosen to do outrageous things like allow invisible filibusters then the only things you can do about it are to vote for a Senate candidate who is against dodgy Senate procedure or to campaign for a Constitutional Amendment to impose sensible procedures on the Senate.
Approve the US' membership in the League of Nations.
Andrew Johnson was the only ex-president to return to the US Senate.