AO1: The US Congress is considered to have more significant legislative powers than the UK Parliament as it has more independence from the executive due to separation of powers AO2: The US Congress has legislative powers explicitly granted in Article I of the US Constitution, unlike the UK AO1: Parliament, and can overturn any presidential veto over legislation- this power is not available to the UK AO2: Parliament AO1: Legislative power is shared equally between the US chambers, but the House of Lords in the UK is considered to be a revising chamber rather than playing an equivalent legislative role to the House of Commons AO2: This means that the power of the House of Lords in particular is more limited when proposing, amending or blocking legislation, as the Lords can only delay legislation for up to one year and can ultimately be overruled by the House of Commons. However, the chambers of Congress must both agree legislative proposals and amendments before they can be passed, and neither house can overrule the other AO1: The US Congress has more control over financial legislation than the UK Parliament AO2: While bills raising revenue always begin in the House of Representatives, the Senate also has the power to amend and pass such bills, whereas the House of Lords cannot introduce money bills or delay them for more than one month AO1: The US Congress ability to pass legislation is hampered by gridlock more often than the UK Parliament because of the separation of powers AO2: The separation of powers in the US means that both houses must agree on the format of a bill before it can be passed to the president for signing, and also means that the US president is reliant on the US Congress to introduce and debate their legislative programme. With divided government,-- this becomes more difficult and can lead to gridlock e.g. in 2013 there was a federal government shutdown. The UK Parliament, however, rarely suffers from this kind of division and gridlock because of the fusion of powers that allows the government to dominate the legislative process through the party system