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What occupations do many members of congress have prior to being in congress?
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What occupations did Jefferson have prior to political?
snakaester can suck it!
What is the most common prior profession for members of Congress?
lawyers and businesspeople lawyers and businesspeople
Does congress convene prior to presidential inauguration?
Yes it does. The US Constitution prescribes that the Congress assemble on 3 January, prior to the 20 January Inaugural.
What is the name for a closed meeting of the members of each party in each house?
A closed meeting of each political party in each house of congress is known as a caucus. Caucuses take place each year prior to Congress convening.
The first major national presidential nominating convention was held in?
The first nomination conventions were held in 1832 and both parties met in Baltimore. Prior to that members of Congress met and nominated someone from their party.
What trade could not be prohibited by Congress prior to 1808?
ballsacks
What was Abraham Lincoln's profession prior to entering Congress?
He was a lawyer
What was Abraham loncoln's profession prior to entering congress?
He was in the legal profesion.
Was mancala played during the renaissance?
Mancala was played in Africa but there is no documentation to show that the game made it to Europe prior to the British occupations in Africa.
Why did Congress stay that gay people already had equal rights prior to gay marriage being legalized?
Prior to (and during) the gay marriage movement, which began in full force after 2000, many people in Congress believed that gay people could form private legal contracts and get the same benefits of marriage, which was not true.
Are members of congress obligated by law to read what's in the bills they are trying to pass?
No; there is no actual requirement under either Congressional rules in either chamber of Congress or Constitutional provision that states that a member of Congress must read the whole of a bill being voted upon prior to being eligible to vote. In fact, one subverssive, but nonetheless legal strategy used for passage of particularly unpopular bills is to make it almost impossible for them to be read prior to being voted on, i.e. the current national healthcare bill - H.R. 3200 - being proposed by Mr. Obama and Democratic members of Congress, which is 1070 pages long, or any number of ridiculously long tax bills. The idea is that the bill will be so long that members of Congress will not only not want to read it, but not have sufficient time to read and analyze the entire bill. Luckily, with their army of assistants and congressional aides, not to mention the litany of interest groups that exist for literally any possible agenda item that might come through Congress, the individual congressional members don't necessarily even need to read the entire bills, and can instead trust that watch dog groups, their aides, lobbys, etc. will do the digging and heavy lifting for them. Then all they have to do is vote, based on the different facts and arguments presented to them by different groups vying for their vote, and in the end vote with what is ultimately in line with their constituancy - in other words, what will get them reelected. Yes, especially if those bills contain taxes. Because otherwise it is considered taxation without representation. Their job dictates them to represent the people which cannot happen if they don't properly read the bill. I haven't memorized the entire constitution but I'm fairly sure what I said is expressed in it.
What was the plan of government in America called prior to the Constitution and after the Second Continental Congress?
The Federalist Papers
