From: garrett@Ingres.COM 
Subject: Re: fillibuster
Summary: Proceedure
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In article <C5JpL7.5Cz@dscomsa.desy.de>, hallam@zeus02.desy.de                            writes...
>In article <1993Apr12.002302.5262@martha.utcc.utk.edu>, PA146008@utkvm1.utk.edu (David Veal) writes:
>|>>And like the house of lords which it is copied from it was given pretty
>|>>wide powers. Unfortunately they started to use them and thus the gridlock
>|>>set in.
>|>
>|>       I wasn't aware the House of Lords had "wide powers."  I was under the
>|>impression is was pretty powerless compared to the House of Commons, and
>|>certainly didn't have almost equal their powers.  (The Senate is restricted
>|>only that it may not introduce bills relating to raising revenue.)
> 
>The Senate was less powerful than the House of Lords in the period in question.
>The stripping of the powers of the House of Lords did not occur until 1914
>and David Llloyd George's budget. Even despite this the House of Lords has
>considerable power even today and is far from a rubber stamping body. 
> 
Just how much power does the House of Lords have now? 

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