re fillibuster in article c jpl cz dscomsa desy de hallam zeus desy de writes in article apr martha utcc utk edu pa utkvm 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 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 who said anything about panicking snapped authur garrett johnson this is still just culture shock you wait till i ve garrett ingres com settled into the situation and found my bearings then i ll start panicking douglas adams
