| Electing Legislators | Legislation Organization | Institutional Tools of Leadership | Legislative Process | Apply What You've Learned |
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What is TX ranked in the top of the Country for?
For gerrymandered districts
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What makes up the Bicameral Texas Legislation?
House and Senate
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How many members consists of the Legislative Budget Board?
10
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House Committee Membership is based on what kind of system?
on a limited seniority system
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Up until 2013 the legislative branch was mostly...
partisan
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Females make what percentage of the population of the TX Senate?
19%
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Is the Lieutenant Governor an elected position?
No, it is not an elected position
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The Sunset Advisory Committee has abolished how many agencies in it's history?
37
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What is the House Calendar Committee?
Handles the schedules of all bills that come out of their standing committees
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Who controls the legislative process?
Lieutenant governor and speaker of the House
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What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.
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What is the salary of the Lieutenant Governor?
Annual salary of $7,200.00
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Who has control over appointment power and chair leadership?
The Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the house
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Describe the 3/5 rule
⅗ majority vote is necessary to get the bill to the floor for consideration by the entire senate.
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What year was the 2/3 rule replaced?
2015
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What is reappointment?
the redistricting or redrawing of district lines after every census to reflect the population changes over the decade.t
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What is the Speaker of the House?
Holds order during floor debate and is constituently required to sign all joint resolutions and bills
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What is the Legislative Council?
Provides legislative support to congressmen such as: research, computing, printing support, and bill drafting assistance.
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Give an example of a filibuster and where it takes place.
-Senate Floor Action
-Wendy Davis |
Final outcome of legislative process is decided by?
House speakers for the State Representatives
Lieutenant governor for the State Senate Democrats members |
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What happened after the 2010 election?
republicans controlled both house and senate making it easier to agree on districts, favorable by republicans.
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Legislative Committees are known as?
"little legislators"
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Describe the Sunset Advisory committee?
-Commission evaluates the need for more than 130 state agencies on a twelve year cycle.
-Sunset Commission can recommend keeping or abolishing state agencies. |
Give two steps of how a bill becomes a law.
1. Introduction to the Texas Senate- Only a senator can introduce a bill in the senate.
2. Assignment to a committee- Labeled with a number and assigned a committee from Lieutenant Governor. 3. Senate committee action- Committee comes together with proponents and opponents testifying. 4. Senate calendar- Comes out, rarely in order, needs majority senate vote to move to the floor. 5. Senate floor- Senators introduce the bill in its entirety and a vote is put in place in case of a tie 6. Introduction to the house- Representative do the same with the bill 7. Assignment to a committee- Speaker of the house assigns the committee 8. House committee action 9. House calendar 10. House floor 11. Conference committee- both house and senate get together to modify bill if need be 12. Final Passage- Bill is sent back to the house or senate for a final check 13. The Governor- The governor has free reign to sign, not sign, or veto |
What was the result of the purple legislation?
The legislative branch is mostly partisan until the year 2013 when the purple legislation happened, a result that was moderate and bipartisan.
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