This analysis begins by exploring the key differences between the US Congress and the British House of Commons in terms of political accountability, committee importance, and party loyalty to the President/Prime Minister. The basic political structures of both the House of Commons and the House of Representatives are very similar in structure and function and this most likely arises from the fact that the United States Congress is based, at least in principle, on that of the House of Representatives. British municipalities, however, these similarities soon diverge from each other rather quickly and both implement policy and law very differently. Just as there are similarities between Congress and the House of Commons, there are striking similarities between the House of Lords and the United States Senate. These types of political systems found in both the UK and the US are referred to as “bicameralism” (congresslink.org n.d.). Bicameralism is defined as a government body consisting of two chambers. Congress, like most legislatures in the world, is bicameral, that is, it is made up of two chambers, just like the British parliamentary system. In the United States, there are two chambers, one consisting of the House of Representatives and the other consisting of the Senate. The British parliament also consists of a bicameral system that includes the House of Lords (the equivalent of the United States Senate) and the House of Commons (which is the equivalent of the United States Senate). Not only do these systems parallel each other in the composition of legislative bodies, but they are also similar in that both were established to do similar work of creating legislation and enacting or amending…half of paper…the House of British municipalities are formed and maintained as needed or when specific bills are introduced. The members of such commissions do not normally cooperate and are selected to constitute such commission only for the consideration of a specific bill. These members do not normally possess any particular level of expertise when it comes to the subject matter of the bill and once all considerations have been made and the bill formally presented, the committee is dissolved and no longer exists. The committee does not have the authority to call witnesses or hold open hearings on the bill. There are no permanent staff assigned to the committee, and while they are permitted to read, discuss, and propose changes, they cannot make changes to legislation nor can they stop, block, or otherwise impede its process on the floor for a vote or consideration ( fas.org, 2005).