Powers of Senate vs. Powers of House

The House and Senate in many situations have similar powers which play off of eachother, such as in the creation of laws/bills. Either the Senate or the House can propose a bill, and each have equal opportunity to ammend and either support or shut down that bill and in this way, have very similar powers. In a way, the Senate overlooks and approves the actions of the House and gives them the OK, essentially the nod of approval of their actions. The Senate does, however, have few specific powers that House does not. The power of "advice and consent" in presidential appointments and treaty making, for example, is a power reserved to the Senate. Most Congressional powers, however, work out to be a balance between House and Senatorial influences so that neither can dominate in decision-making.