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There is more than one. But one important one is that only the House of Representatives can impeach the president. Impeachment is the accusation phase, it is not conviction. The Senate tries the president after the impeachment, and the Senate decides whether or not the president is guilty. But the process must be initiated by the House.
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JordanThe House of Representatives has the exclusive power to initiate revenue bills, impeach officials, and elect the President of the United States in electoral deadlocks.
Impeachment TRIALS are the exclusive power of the Senate.
In other words, the House of Representatives indicts an official, and the Senate tries the official.
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Identify one unique power to the Senate and why the framers gave The Senate that power?
The Senate has the power to try impeachments. This was granted as a method of checks and balances since the House of Representatives has the power to issue articles of impeachment, the President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court have the power to preside over impeachment proceedings.
The house representative has the special power to?
The House of Representatives has one power that none of the other branches possess. It is the power of impeachment of a government official.
Is the House of Representatives based on population?
The house of representatives ~ APEX
Who is chooses the speaker for the House of Representatives?
The Representatives select the Speaker of the House of Representatives. There is no requirement that the Speaker actually be one of the Representatives; they could choose anybody that they like. But in practice, the Speaker is always a fairly senior representative.
True or false The senate brings impeachment charges and the house acts as the court?
Article One of the United States Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment and the Senate the sole power to try impeachments.
