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When you refer to the house of representatives and the senate together you call them?
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I am assuming that you are referring to USA.
One usually calls it the US Congress.
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Which branch of government has 535 members?
Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The senate has 100 members - 2 from each state. The House of Representatives has 435 total members based on the population in any given state.
What rules govern lawmaking in the house?
The "House Rules" as opposed to the Senate Rules, refer to the internal formalities of how day-to-day business is conducted in the House of Representatives.
Is congress more powerful than the senate?
Depends on what you mean by Congress. Technically, the Senate is one chamber of Congress and the House of Representatives is the other. Some people, though, refer to the House as Congress and the Senate as the Senate. If in asking this question you are meaning 'Is the House more powerful than the Senate' the answer is no. The Senate is more powerful than the House due to its powers of advise and consent over treaties and presidential nominations for the judiciary and executive branches.
Bills that refer to what subject must begin in the House of Representatives?
revenue
Who is the house of represenative?
The House of Representatives is not a "who." (It is not one person.) It is a "what"-- it can refer to a building in Washington DC, and it can also be the name for the group of men and women who have been elected to serve as representatives. The House of Representatives is a part of the Legislative Branch of Congress; there is the Senate (100 senators), and there is the House of Representatives (435 representatives), and they make the laws. They are part of the federal government. In the United States, voters elect people to represent them in the government. The men and women who are sent to congress to be Representatives will serve a term of two years and then they can run for re-election. They do their work in a very historical building which is sometimes just called "The House"-- for example: The House will vote on the budget in two weeks.
When you refer the power of Origination what are you refering to?
A) That all legislation related to taxes must originate in the House of Representatives. (lol, I think we're all in the same class....)
What does 'MP' stand for in Canadian politics?
The acronym "M.P." stands for Member of Parliament.Though the technical term "member of Parliament" can refer to a member of either House (that is, either the Senate or the House of Commons), the term is generally used to refer only to members of the House of Commons. Any one who is currently a member of the House of Commons is entitled to use the post-nominals "M.P." during office.
What is the only occasion in which the Senate majority leader gets to vote on the floor of the Senate?
The Majority Leader of the US Senate, as a sitting member of the Senate, has the right to vote on any measure pending before the Senate. Senator Harry Reid, the current Majority Leader, did not lose his right to vote when selected to his post of Majority Leader. A similar situation exists in the House of Representatives, where the Speaker of the House retains the right to vote. Perhaps you are referring to the right of the Vice-President of the United States to vote when presiding over the Senate as President of the Senate? The Constitution designates the Vice President of the United States as "President of the Senate." In practical terms, it is not possible today for the Vice President to preside over the Senate at all times and a "President Pro Tem" is selected. However, when the Vice President is presiding as President of the Senate AND the vote is TIED, then the Vice President casts a vote and breaks the tie. This occurred when then Vice Presiden Al Gore broke a tie in 1994 for the Clinton Economic Plan to pass the Senate. You might want to refer to the following talk from Senator John Danforth on the US Senate website: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Vice_President.htm
What is the term of a house not adjourning another house?
In the UK we would refer to a house that is not attached to another house as detached. Just two houses joined together are semi-detached and houses in a long row are called terraced houses (I believe they are referred to as row houses in the USA).
What is the difference between house of commons and the senate?
The house of commons is a unique body belonging only to the political system of ENGLAND. "The Senate" is too general to refer to any single body as there is a senate in the US federal government, all 50 states and many other nations world wide. HOWEVER I suspect the writer meant the House of Representatives and the Senate which combination would only refer to the US Federal government. In that case... The house is a body apportioned by population with each state having at least one representative, but the number on the whole being divided into the total population of the US and then each state receiving a delegate for each portion of the population they have. (ex. if there where 100 people in the US and 20 members of congress each congressman would represent 5 people and if California had 42 people they would have 8 representatives). The members of this body are elected every two years, making it a volatile group, but they are the only body of the government which can start a spending bill. In other words money does not flow until they vote it. The house is headed by a speaker who is elected by the house itself. The senate is a body apportioned by state so that there are two and only two members per state. This means that the senator from California represents many more people than the senator from Alaska, but in theory they represent the interests of the state and not the people. Senators are elected every 6 years, but on a rotational schedule so that 1/3 of them are up for election every two years. This means it takes longer for the body of the Senate to change and as 2/3 of its members are not facing an election in the next two years they can theoretically act from best interest for the country rather than self-interest (re-election). Most importantly the Senate is supposed to be wiser and more stable than the house making it the Judiciary for the country. Any member of the federal system can be called before the Senate and jailed or indicted. In the same vein of "wisdom" the Senate is supposed to advise the president as to his appointments and treaties. The head of the Senate is technically the Vice President, although he is generally absent.
Can a former speaker of the house refer to himself as speaker?
He can refer to himself as not having a tool.
After bill is introduced by a senator it is numbered and referred to what type of committee?
When a bill is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill clerk assigns it a number that begins with H.R. A reading clerk then reads the bill to all the Representatives, and the Speaker of the House sends the bill to one of the House standing committees. When the bill reaches committee, the committee members review, research, and revise the bill before voting on whether or not to send the bill back to the House floor.Through the multiple referral process, the bill is sent to several standing committees. If the committee members would like more information before deciding if the bill should be sent to the House floor, the bill is sent to a subcommittee. While in subcommittee, the bill is closely examined and expert opinions are gathered before it is sent back to the committee for approval.
