Majority Party Advantages

The majority party in Congress has a lot of different advantages in the legislative process. For the Senate, the majority party contains all the chairs for their members, ranks members, and president pro. Having the majority of members means when votes are cast, the majority will win. Delegates the committee to work on the bill. Those who fill the chairs also have the power to vote on moving the selections of legislation to the next level. If the bill makes it to the senate floor, the committee chair man will present it as the expert on it. This means if a bill makes if bill is beneficial to the majority party, it is less likely to die in committee. Having more members of the majority party helps make them more victorious during the committee. Despite these advantages, there will still be opposition usually in the form of filibuster. For the House, the majority
There are so many different hoops it will have to pass through preventing a bill from becoming a law and many opportunities for it to die. The first step for the bill to get to the capital is must be sponsored by a congress man. The wording must be very specific to be drafted alone. Second, the bill will be sent to the committee where it will either be amended and moved along or killed. It’s common for a bill to be killed at this step. If the bill is continued on to be voted and selected by the majority members. If not and it dies on the floor by means of a filibuster. An example of this process, the 2011 filibuster of American Job Act. The bill is sent to the opposite chamber to go through the whole process again. Then the bill must be taken to a conference committee in order to reach a compromise between the two chambers. They both will sign the bill. The last step is to be signed by the president. Even if a party is single sided the influence of special interest can cause divides. So many different beliefs can change a voters