Essay On Senate Vs House Of Representatives

When many people hear the words the Senate and the House of Representative they might think of Congress. They do not truly go into depth of what those two departments mean, and they do not understand how vital they are to our own government. Congress is part of the Legislative Branch and is a bicameral legislature. Which means that is a legislature that is separated into two houses, and in that case is the House of Representatives and the Senate. Many know the words "The Senate" and "The House of Representatives" but they do not truly know what those words entail, many do not know the contrast and comparisons of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The functions of both of the House of Representatives and the Senate are both alike

and different at the same time. The similarities are that they both create laws, represent the wishes of their constituents and when elected they do so without thought of personal bias or what party they belong too. The differences of the functions between the two however are that the House only can approve of bills with taxes, impeach the President, and elect a President if there is not chosen from the electoral college. While the Senate only can try the President if he/she is impeached, approve of President appointments, as well as approve of treaties.
Both of the Houses relatively have the same organization within them but they do have their differences. In the houses there are chambers that are organized into committees and that allows Congress to specialize in a certain type of legislation, so that when a bill comes through they will have the knowledge of what that bills contains. For an example the committees in the House are Agriculture, Education, and Foreign Affairs. An example for the Senate would be the committees in Transportation, Energy, and Defense.
The differences within the organization of them both are that there are only 435 members of the House and they are determined by population, while there are only 100 members in the senate and it is two per state. The qualifications and terms for the House is that you must be 25 years old, be a resident of the U.S. for 7 years, and they serve 3 year terms. In the Senate you must be 30 years of age, be a resident of the U.S. for 9 years, and they serve 6 year terms.
The chamber that is the most powerful has to be the Senate. The Senate can approve of President appointments, can try the President if he/she is impeached and can approve of treaties. When a bill goes through Congress it first comes through the House of Representatives and once it passed through there it goes to the Senate, the Senate has the final say if the bill is passed or vetoed. The terms and qualifications for each are a bit different from each other. The reason is that they each specialize in different parts of Congress. The Senate is the most powerful because it requires a candidate to be older and more experienced in the Government, than the House of Representatives where they are younger and maybe less experienced. In the Senate it is only 100 people which would mean each person in a seat is put through the ringer and must earn that position.
The current public opinion regarding Congress now is majority a negative one and it’s at a disapproval of 75.8%.

Public opinion is like this because many U.S. citizens believe that Congress is not taking the right action to help and benefit the people. Citizens believe that Congress is doing what is best for them and not for this generation and the next of U.S. citizens. A way that Congress could approve its public opinion is that Congress could ask the opinion of citizens and keep it mind. Doing so it would make the people feel like their voice is being heard. Telling the people about what a Bill entails would as well help raise the public opinion of Congress. This is going to be a bill that could affect them; citizens have the right to know what is going on within their own government.
There are many similarities and differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate, but combined they are what makes up Congress. Now you can see how important the function, organization, and the stature is to the two houses of Congress. Knowing these things help you understand how crucial the House of Representatives and the Senate is to our government. Having these concepts within mind you can apply then to your everyday life, you can understand what is going on within politics

today.