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How does floor debate on a bill different in the house and senate?
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Who calls a bill to debate on the floor?
The House Rules Committee places the bill on a calendar for floor debate in the House or the Senate.
What main differences exist between the house and the senate in the lawmaking process?
All revenue bills must start in the House of Representatives. Represenatives do not have unlimited time to talk on the floor. They can be over-looked or given a time limit by the rules of the House of the Speaker of the House. Senators have no time limits and may talk indefinately unless there is a cloture vote in which other members of the Senate vote to halt discussions of the current item before the Senate.
Does the house of representative have limited debate where as the senate have unlimited debate?
Yes, the House of Representatives have limited debate.
What statement describes a difference between the legislative procedures of the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The filibuster can be used in the Senate but not in the House
What limits congress effectiveness?
A bill is introduced by a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives ,often at the request of the President .It is referred to different committees in that house for study, revisions and approval.Then it is sent to the floor for debate and amendments.Once the bill is approved by that chamber ,is sent to the other,where it will undergo study in committees and floor vote.Bill would be sent back to the Senate and the House Of Representatives for final approval.
Who has limited debate the house or the senate?
House of Representatives
What is the function of the house committee of Rules?
When a bill is reported out of one of the other committees, it does not go straight to the House floor, because the House, unlike the United States Senate, does not have unlimited debate and discussion on a bill.
Who sets the length of floor debate on bills pending before the full House?
If someone set the length of the floor debate, it would be the Speaker of the House.
Floor debate in the house is governed by?
It is the United States House Committee on Rules that governs floor debate. It is often referred to simply as the Rules Committee.
What may end debate on a bill on the floor of the house?
motion to end debate
What is the function of the rules committee?
When a bill is reported out of one of the other committees, it does not go straight to the House floor, because the House, unlike the United States Senate, does not have unlimited debate and discussion on a bill.
Unlike the House the Senate has a legislative process with what?
few limits on debate.
