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House of Representatives
Important Responsibilities
- Bills or laws usually begin in the House.
- All appropriations of money is decided by the House, and Senate has to approve, then the President signs it into law or rejects it sending it back to Congress for changes.
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Senate
Important Responsibilities
- Senate approves candidates for government positions, as in the President;s cabinet.
- Senate also approves Supreme Court Judges SCOTUS, and also lower court judges. The President nominates the individual, and the Senate approves or rejects the candidate. Judiciary Committee does a preliminary interview, and then their recommendation is given to the full Senate for floor vote.
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Congress as a whole
Congress
Legislation
- Biden, Trump, and the courts: Who’s the ‘lawless’ one?
- Democrats expand stimulus payments … to their favored few
- Forget Pelosi’s Boondoggle Bill — Take Taxes to Zero Instead
- Joe Biden Vows Not to Sign Infrastructure Deal Without ‘Tandem’ Bill for More Taxes and ‘Human Infrastructure’
- Michigan Bill Would Ban Critical Race Theory from Schools
- Rep. Steve Scalise: Americans ‘Revolted’ Against Green New Deal, Leftist Carveouts in Infrastructure Bill
- The Left’s Next Voting Bill Is Even Worse Than HR 1
- What really happens with the money spent on ‘infrastructure’?
Redistricting
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