What are the principal vehicles through which the House and Senate do most of their legistlative work?
Lower house (house of reps) is elected differently to upper house. Each seat in lower house represents one electorate. This means only the member with most votes wins the seat, meaning that the lower house tends to be very difficult for a minor party to get into. Lower house makes all the policy & rules that govern the country, gets elected every 3 years.Upper house (senate) is proportional voting - if minor party gets 10% of votes nationally, they get 10% of seats in senate, so it's possible for minor parties to get in. The job of upper house is to review legislation and review the honesty of the government. They have half-senate elections every 4 years.
the house of representatives and the senateThe legislative branch is made up of the two houses of Congress-the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of the legislative branch is to make laws. Laws are written, discussed and voted on in Congress.-Katrina L :)
John Adams holds the record for number of tie-breaking votes. He cast 29 votes while he was Vice President. Vice President John Calhoun is second with 28 tie-breaking votes.
When the Vice President is not in the Senate, which is most of the time, his place is taken by the President pro tempore of the Senate, who is usually the Senator with the longest seniority. But in actual practice, the floor of the Senate is normally presided over by junior senators, to enable them to master parliamentary procedure.
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Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
Votes are counted by normal citizens who apply/volunteer for the job. The votes are counted in the county in which they occurred. Citizens' votes are known as the popular vote. However, this doesn't decide who wins the election and ultimately has no importance. The victor needs 270 electoral votes to actually win the election. Electoral votes are votes given by the representatives and senators (Congress). If no candidate achieves 270 electoral votes, then the House of Representatives will vote between the three candidates who received the most electoral votes and the Senate will vote between the two vice presidents who received the most electoral votes. If the House cannot decide, then the vice president appointed by the Senate will become president until the issue is resolved.
Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
Yes, he has the majority of the votes of the 100 members in the Senate.
Definitely Senate.
The House of Representatives elects the president from among the three with the most votes, and the Senate elects the vice president from between the two with the most votes. 1824 was the only time to date that none of the presidential candidates got enough votes. Although Andrew Jackson had the most electoral votes and the most popular votes, the House gave the presidency to John Quincy Adams (which they had every right to do). The 1836 election was the only time that none of the vice presidential candidates received enough votes, requiring the Senate to pick the vice president.
Australia - House of Representitives and the Senate. House of Reps has the Prime Minister, the Party that wins the most votes in the House of Reps wins the election. Senate is made up of more minor parties (usually) and has the power to block legislation coming from the House of Reps.
Braking tie votes
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
Kentucky is a state that traditionally Democrat but votes Republican. Most are registered Democrat and Democrats tend to win the Governors election and the State House, but in Federal and State Senate races, they tend to put Republicans in office.