UK/US PARLIAMENT
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- Created on: 31-03-19 12:56
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- UK/US Parliament Comparison
- The US Congress is a bicameral legislature.
- The lower chamber is the House of Representatives, which consists of 435 elected members. The senate, which consists of 100 elected members, is the upper chamber.
- The two chambers have broadly equal powers.
- In the UK, only the House of Commons is elected. The unelected House off Lords is politically and legally subordinate.
- The lower chamber is the House of Representatives, which consists of 435 elected members. The senate, which consists of 100 elected members, is the upper chamber.
- Congress is a policy-making legislature. It can reject or amend proposals from the President, and puts forward legislative proposals of its own.
- Most proposals come from the President, who has the power of veto - although this can be overridden by Congress.
- The UK Parliament is a policy-influencing legislature that modifies government proposals but does not propose extensive bills of its own.
- There is a strict separation of powers in the USA. Members of the executive branch cannot be membersof the legislature.
- The president cannot dismiss Congress, but Congress can impeach the President.
- The Us Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, and the Senate the power to veto appointments made by the President.
- The US Congress is a bicameral legislature.
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