Legislative

Question 1

What is the procedure in slowing down a bill?

Answer 1

Fillabuster or no Standing Committee. We think

Question 2

Which senior officer is voted on by body which he presides?

Answer 2

Speaker of the House

Question 3

What do committees allow legislature to do?

Answer 3

Standing commitees consider bills and recommend measures for consideration.

Question 4

What is Gerrymandering?

Answer 4

The process of redrawing a district in ones favor to create a “safe voting bloc.”

Question 5

What does a conference committe do?

Answer 5

Reconcile differences between bills that have been passed in both chambers to send to the governor.

Question 6

When are regular legislature held?

Answer 6

Second Tuesday in January on odd numbered years for 140 days.

Question 7

How long are regular sessions held?

Answer 7

140 days.

Question 8

What is a fillabuster

Answer 8

procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal.

Question 9

As of today, who controls the Texas State Legislature?

Answer 9

They are held accountable by their voters.

Question 10

Who reviews the Texas State Budget?

Answer 10

LBB Legislative Budget Board

Question 11

Who are the senior officers of the LBB (Legislative Budget Board)

Answer 11

Lt. Gov & Speaker of the House

Question 12

What is the LBB?

Answer 12

Legislative Budget Board.

Question 13

What is pigeon holing?

Answer 13

not assign or hear debate no comitte on the bill thus killing it.

Question 14

What is bicameral?

Answer 14

Bi means 2. There are 2 legislative bodies; The House of Representatives (150 members) and the Senate (31 members)

Question 15

What is a constituent

Answer 15

an individual voter within an electoral district

Question 16

What is a simple and compound resolution. What’s the difference?

Answer 16

Simple are only considered by the chamber they are introduced.
Joint Resolutions are proposals to amend the Texas Constitution or to ratify a proposed change in the U.S. Constitution

Question 17

What is SMD?

Answer 17

single-member District is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature.

Question 18

What is redistricting?

Answer 18

The process of process of drawing boundaries for electoral and political districts in the U.S. and is usually done every ten years after the census.

Question 19

What are 3 important functions of the Speaker of the House?

Answer 19

Decides who speaks, Decides which committee gets bill,