The Constitution (and the Articles of Confederation)
Different attributions of House of Representatives and Senate:´
The House of Representatives does have some
unique powers. Specifically:
- The
sole power of impeachment (Article I, Section 2),
- Power of drafting bills intended to raise
revenue (Article I, Section 7),
- Choosing
the President in the exceedingly unlikely case of a tie between the
Electors (Article II, Section 1, as amended).
But the Senate gets other, more important powers! The
Senate:
- Tries
all impeachments (Article I, Section 3), so they decide whether or not to
remove any government officials accused by the House.
- May
propose or concur amendments to revenue bills, as with any other bill
(Article I, Section 7). Functionally, this means that the Houses’s ability
to prevent the Senate from expressing its views on tax policy is pretty
limited.
- Gets
to approve appointments throughout the Executive and Judicial branches
(Article II, Section 2).
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