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The Constitution explicitly grants power to the legislative and judicial branches too, which we all learned in elementary school is called the balance of power.

Lord Roy Kennedy, who as chief whip is responsible for managing the government's legislative programme in the upper chamber, told peers government time would not be allocated to the bill.

He was a high-school student at the time, and then last year ran unsuccessfully for the Green Party in European and legislative elections.

The legislative effort in the House does not guarantee a vote in the Senate, much less bipartisan approval of the measure there.

As lawmakers scrambled to pass a funding bill to end the recent shutdown, a provision was tucked into the 64-page legislative package that should outrage every American who still believes in equal justice under law.