Malaysia requires more people to voice out and stand in the front line. No more hiding behind their comfort zone and wait for changes to come. We ought to do it NOW! Peace to all mankind.

Friday, October 03, 2008

Congress Vs Senate

Thanks Bro HP for commenting on US bail. The US House of Parliament voted on monday, but it did not succeed. So, the senator made another round of votes and amend some criteria. For me, I am confuse as well. I decided to check on the differences and their function.

Which is more powerful?

" 'Is the House more powerful than the Senate' the answer is no. The Senate is more powerful than the House due to its powers of advise and consent over treaties and presidential nominations for the judiciary and executive branches."

Taken from this page.

You can refer to another link for more details.
On Senate, differences between both congress and senate, US Congress, and Malaysia Dewan Negara (Senate).

US
Congress practices bicameral system or more well known as "checks and balances". That's why they have 2 senator from each district. Malaysia link their bicameral systems to their federal political structure. Thus, it shows the weakness and allows the BIG decision to be made by the major holding power in Parliament.

Back to senator, in US, each senator is selected by their people. Malaysia Senate consists of 70 members, of which 26 are indirectly elected by the states, with two senators for every state in the Federation, and the other 44 being appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King). Read here.

US senate decision to bail out receives mixed response as some don't really agree with it. Either way, we will only know how it will end up in the future.

I learn a lot by reading US bail out. Good to know how we can deal with this. Malaysia have a lot to learn from others. Make sure we learn the better way, not the useless and going-no-where solution.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmmmm...its very funny,a teslian getting into politics...do you really feel you want to be an educator,or a journalist ?...anyway,if you do have friendster or facebook,do add me - Arvind Ram Kumar....my email is greg_aditya@yahoo.com

Jarod said...

hahah! Politic is at its peak!!! I am concern for Malaysia. Yet, everyday of our lives we see flaws in our ruling government. We can only criticize to improve them! The rest is to leave it to our Dear MP! In my heart, education still top the priority.