noun, plural subsidies. 1. a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like. 2. a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return. 3. a grant or contribution of money.
Brady Postma, No expertise, just good arguments. The Speaker of the House is clearly the most powerful position in the US House of Representatives. The Senate Majority Leader is, in most senses, the most powerful person in the US Senate.
The chief job of the House of Representativesâaka, âthe Houseââ is to represent the interests of the peopleâthose American citizens that vote and elect each representative. Compare this to the role of the Senate: to represent the interests of each state. The U.S. House of Representatives makes up one half of Congress. The other half is made up by the Senate. Together they are also known as the legislative branch of governmentâthe part that introduces and handles laws and amendments to laws. At any one time the House has a variable number of representatives.