1. health
2. Income security and family support
3. oversight
4. select revenue measures
5. social security
6. trade
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The House committee called the Ways and Means Committee is where tariff legislation originates.
The committee in the House of Representatives that considers all new tax bills is the Ways and Means Committee. Being on that committee is considered a pathway to power.
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By having a presidential democracy, all the branches of the government work in check & balance, so no one part becomes too powerful. But, the president who is elected by the citizens does have control over more.
Thaddeus Stevens represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives, first as a Whig (from 1849 until 1853) and later as a Republican (from 1859 until 1868). He's sometimes confused with Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, another Radical Republican.