a) Two advantages the majority party in the United States House of Representatives has in lawmaking, above and beyond the numerical advantage that that majority party enjoys in floor voting are the ability to choose the speaker of the house and the ability to control committees. These can help the majority party because they can more easily get bills onto the floor and more easily control the debate once they are there.
b) Two differences between the House and Senate that make it likely that legislation may pass in one chamber but not in the other are the limits on debate in the house but not the senate and the fact that a bill needs a rule in the house but not the senate.
c) Because the Senate has no debate time limit, a bill can be filibustered to death in the senate but not in the house. In the house, the rules committee can kill a bill by not allowing it to even get to the floor.
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