Assertion: senate | /r/HasAspect | the power
Facets:
value: nearly
type: DEGREE
value: in session
type: TEMPORAL
value: as the house of commons
type: OTHER
value: to fill important political positions
type: PURPOSE
value: via a two-thirds supermajority
type: OTHER
value: since its restoration
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the u.s. government
type: LOCATION
value: under the constitution of france
type: LOCATION
value: as the national assembly
type: OTHER
value: under the twelfth amendment
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Under the Twelfth Amendment, the Senate has the power to elect the vice president if no vice presidential candidate receives a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
text: While the Senate cannot originate revenue and appropriation bills, it has power to amend or reject them.
text: Under the Constitution of France, the Senate has nearly the same powers as the National Assembly.
text: However, the Senate holds the power to vet and approve these appointments.
text: The Senate can create new laws by introducing the legislation to the house usually at the subcommittee level, where they have more power to debate, modify, and even block the proposed legislation.
text: While some so-called bicameral (“two chambers” in Latin) legislatures around the world feature two separate bodies with distinct levels of power—such as the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the U.K. Parliament—the Senate and House of Representatives actually have roughly the same amount of power in the U.S. government.
text: However, the Senate since its restoration and the independence of the Philippines in 1946 has the power to ratify treaties.
text: Only the Senate has the power to approve, via a two-thirds supermajority, or denounce treaties, and the power to try and convict, via a two-thirds supermajority, an impeached official.
text: While in session, the Senate had the power to act on its own, and even against the will of the presiding magistrate if it wished.
text: It maintains sole authority to punish or censure its own members; it has the power to imprison persons who are not Senators for contempt; it determines its own rules for Senate proceedings, and it maintains a permanent journal of its proceedings.
text: While in session, the senate had the power to act on its own, and even against the will of the presiding magistrate if it wished.
text: Most senates have asymmetrical duties and powers compared with their respective lower house meaning they have special duties, for example to fill important political positions or to pass special laws.
text: The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the National Assembly, including the powers of making parliamentary bills as a being enforced into law.
text: The Senate has almost the same powers as the House of Commons.