Congress and UK Parliament - Houses and Theories

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The houses
-both houses are bicameral. congress is the upper house, senate is the lower house, while Parliament is dominated by the lower house (HOC).
-Moving to the senate is a sought after promotion but in Parliament movement from the commons to the Lords indicate
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What are the weaknesses of the house ?
-HOC is overly dominated by the gov.t and punch and judy PMQ'S.
-HOR and Senate weakness is the gridlock, partisanship and possibility of divided gov.t and executive branch members cant appear on the floor.
-HOL weakness is the lack of democratic mandate
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Rational
-MP's are determined to show loyalty to the executive whereas members of the HOR focus on their constituents needs.
-Members of congress are far less subject to pressure from the executive than in Parliament, they will openly frustrate the wishes of the p
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Cultural
-Both parties are influenced by different interpretations of liberalism .Republicans are persuaded by the idea of neo-liberalism whereas Democrats tend to be more in favour of modern liberalism
-Parliament parties are also driven by their cultural ideolog
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Structural
President and vice presidents are elected independently of congress and members of the exceutive branch are separate from congress. In circumstances of impeachment to the president the VP would automatically step up as the replacement so members of congre
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What are the weaknesses of the house ?

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-HOC is overly dominated by the gov.t and punch and judy PMQ'S.
-HOR and Senate weakness is the gridlock, partisanship and possibility of divided gov.t and executive branch members cant appear on the floor.
-HOL weakness is the lack of democratic mandate

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