hips, and chairs of committees. Each party also elects a policy committee, which advises the leadership on legislative priorities. Bills can be introduced in either the House or the Senate. They will travel through the extensive committee system and if approved in committee, sub-committee, hearings, and the floor from which it originated, it will go to the other chamber for consideration and vote before ever reaching the presidents desk for signature.It should be noted that the United States Congress is currently made up of only a two party system, the Republicans and the Democrats, with the Republicans having the majority in both chambers. The present Senate is comprised of evenly split party lines, however, due to the fact that Vice President Cheaney is part of the Republican Party, and can cast tie-breaking votes; the Republicans in the Senate are seen as having the general advantage. Up to this point, however, the majority party in the Senate has been less than dominant with dissension among party members on many key debates regarding finance campaign reform, the budget, and tax cuts....
