12 markers

Question 1

similarities between congress and parlaiment

Answer 1

• the ‘lower chamber’ in both. systems controls monetary bills.
• both responsible for legisaltion
• both have checks and balences on the executive
• both can initiate consitional change
• both limiteed in powers of foreign policy
• both two party system with lots of partisanship

Question 2

differences between the legislatures

Answer 2

• both houses in US are elected but lords remain elected
• divided governemtn alwasy produced in the UK
• party unity in the UK with whips isnt prevelant in the US
• speaker in commons is an apolitical but in the US they are both. political
• little legsialtion is passed in US comared to UK due to fusion of powers
• parliamnt is soverign in the UK comapredto consitition in the US
• executive cna domaine the legisaltive branch in the UK

Question 3

rational comparison between executives

Answer 3

• both use patronage and power of persuasion to advance own policy goals
• prime minister is often in a parosnally stonger posoition who commands a majoirity meaning they have more freedomto act as they wish but presdient carries more responsibility alone

Question 4

cultural comparisons between executives

Answer 4

presdients and pirme ministers are both the indiivdual focus fo the electocal system who both control. thee executive branch

role of the cabinet in both countries isto be a. relfection of the head

Question 5

strucultual compaisons of PM and pres

Answer 5

• power so are stongly determiend by. consititons nad process in the country
• direct election of president gives him a stonger mandate

Question 6

similar powers of PM and presdient

Answer 6

• both commander in cheif and represent their countreis abroad
• both suggest legisaltion throuhg speeches and command the legisaltive agenda
• both make nominations to cabinets
• both are heads of their party and commadn their policy route
• can both be removed

Question 7

differences of PM and president

Answer 7

• PM has legsiative power to push through legisaltion wherreas presdient cna only suggest it PM gets most of legsiation passed
• PM has no final say on legisaltion but the prime minister has
• cabinet nominatiosn have to be ratified in the US
• PM can use whips and party politics ot have more control wehreas in the US the parties are siffernt and arent as coherent

Question 8

differences in the party system

Answer 8

• third parties more likely to succeed in the UK
• parties are much borader churches in the UK
• much more party control