Texas Legislature

Bills are presented to Congress more often than you think, but only ten percent actually become laws. It’s not an easy process to pass a bill and there are quite a few steps. All laws in the United States begin as bills. Anyone can draft a bill but only a member of Congress can introduce legislation in Congress. The member who introduces the legislation is called the bills’ “Sponsor”. The first action a committee takes on a bill is to place it on the committee calendar. The bill goes to the full…

The guest speaker that came to visit us and talk about what they did to become successful was Freddie Rodriguez. Freddie is a politician and a California State Assembly member representing the 52 district and represents the following cities Ontario, Pomona, chino, Montclair, part of Fontana He was born and raised in Pomona, served 7 years in city council while being a state assembly member he had a part time job which was emergency medical technician for 33 years. One important decision he makes…

government has, or consists of two legislative chambers. The latter of the two aforementioned forms of government seems less appropriate. This is due to its additional legislative chamber. Whereas the unicameral legislature is more efficient, dependable, and productive. In bicameral legislatures they are split into two houses; the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate, or more commonly known as "the upper house," is the smaller of the two houses. Each state has equal…

In congress, all of the members participate in one or more congressional committee. In fact, there are four different types of congressional committees. These include the standing committees, the select committees, the conference committees, and lastly the joint committees. The purpose of the congressional committees is to “divide and conquer” the workload that the members of congress have as a whole. The congressional committees are helpful to reduce and “split” the workload between the Senate…

Massey 6013 7 April 2016 Texas Constitution Texas was under Mexican leadership before declaring independence from them in 1836. For Texas to be entered in the United States they had to make a constitution. The president of the United States during this time was James K. Polk. Texas tried to become a part of the United States before but Mexico threatened war. When Texas was annexed Mexico did not follow through with the threat. There was a dispute of where the border of Texas was. Polk sent in…

The president is a dominant force in forging policy making, because the framers when they were constructing the constitution gave the president under Acritical II Of the United States Constitution, the power to be Commander and Chief of the United States arms forces as well as chief diplomat. As Chief diplomat and the figure head of the nation the citizens expect the president to create laws and regulate laws in the greater beneficial of America foreign or domestic. But as important as the…

This political study will define the democratic principles of federalism, presidentialism, and parliamentary sovereignty in a comparison and contrast of the governments in the United States and in England. In the United States, the concentration of presidential is a unique part o democratic institutions, which relies on the three branches of government as a balance of power. More so, U.S. president must govern through the federal governing apparatus, which controls his power through the judicial…

Understanding the relationship between the president and congress is key in understanding American politics. Congress and the president cannot avoid engaging with one another, with a constitutional set up that demands they work together constructively. Congress has its roles to play in policy making as does the president. The president and congress are given certain powers in the constitution, that power is divvied up, so that neither one of these branches has too much power at one time (Fisher…

Now in academia, there still is some hindrances between these two fields. Political science still is wanting to concern itself with the behavior and the processes of the creation of the policies; the legal field still continues to only worry that the law is, and are only concerned with the particular facts behind each cases. However, in certain the academic fields, are beginning to cross over in their studies. Law can contribute to political science many ideas and concepts that are not…

1. a) Just as a democracy should be, Congress is empowered by the people. The House of Representative members have always been elected by the people and as of 1913 when the Seventeenth amendment passed, so is the Senate. In the Constitution, Congress is given specific powers called enumerated powers that are appointed only to this part of the government. Also in Section 1 Article 8 is the elastic clause. This clause gives Congress the power make any necessary and proper laws to carry out its…