Legislatures

CANADA PROMPT PAYMENT ACT UPDATE: SENATE HEARINGS LEAD TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS In an effort to lead reform in the construction industry, the Canadian Senate introduced prompt payment legislation under Bill S-224, the Canada Prompt Payment Act (the “Bill”) which, if passed, would apply to construction contracts and related subcontracts made with the Federal Government. After passing its second reading last November, the Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce…

There were several similarities and differences between Georgia's state legislative and the national legislative processes. In the State process, only a legislator can introduce a bill. However in the national process, any member of the House of Representatives may introduce a bill at any time while the House is in session. The first stage of the legislative process in similar in both the national and state. The process of introduction consists of the bill being submitted to the clerk and the…

Do you ever wonder where our laws came from or who came up with them? Well the king of Babylon Hammurabi created the first set of laws. Thanks to that ancient guy all nations have laws. Laws are important to society because without them i'm pretty sure our country's population wouldn't be as high as it is. So in order to have a modern society laws are important. The importance of laws help organize our profound country. When I say organized I mean it gives our country order. There are certain…

The differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate are many. First, the Senate is much smaller than the House. There are 100 seats in the Senate and 435 seats in the House. Two Senators will represent each state in the Senate while one representative from each congressional district, with the number of districts in a state being determined by population, will represent the House. The House mainly initiates all revenue based legislation while the Senate has the power to approve…

Assemblywomen Melissa Melendez introduced a new bill AB 403 last year, advocating for better protection for legislative staffers and lobbyists who report illegal activities in workspace, especially sexual harassment. The bill has failed for four years consecutively due to delay by the Appropriations Committee with unknown reason. This time, Meledez is coming back with full support – 13 California Senators co-authored the bill with her, with over 140 open letters showing support. Although…

The legislative meeting that I watch online was the City Council Public Safety & Livable Neighborhoods meeting on November 12, 2015, the length of the meeting was two hours and 49 minutes .The official involved were council-member officials from the San Diego City Council, Police officials and the public. Marti Emerald is member of the San Diego City Council and President Pro Team from District 9, her main role in the meeting was to direct the meeting. Second official was Todd Gloria a member…

Our group selected the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S.178) and the bill focuses to improve the justice systems to response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases and to prevent elder abuse and exploitation. Our group chose Congressman A. Donald McEachin and Congressman Robert J. Wittman to talk about the bill. We selected them because they both are representing our state. Congressman A. Donald McEachin is a Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives…

There were three compromises that shaped the last few details to set forth the Constitution. One of those issues was The Great Compromise of 1787. By far this was the one topic that brought on the most disagreements between the states. As the states tried to come to an agreement the state Connecticut came up with their own plan to the floor, they suggested that representation within the lower house would be done by population, and each state would have an equal vote in the upper house.…

Socialism is a principle that is known for having ownership and control of the community by distribution of land, and the capital. When a government has an economic system that involves both political and economic theories, and the government having the right to the ownership and power of administration and the production of food, and other goods, this is known as socialist government. A socialist government is a type of government that does everything for the people even if it means to help…

3 Branches of Government The legislative branch has many checks over the executive branch and the judicial branch. It has a few checks over the executive branch. First, it may override presidential vetoes with a two-thirds vote, which means that each two houses in Congress have to approve the bill. Some cases majority votes do not occur, which is called a bipartisanship. Bipartisanship is when you comprise and that can also help gaining a majority vote causing it to override the veto. If…