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Who handles bills on the senate floor?
the majority leader
Who usually handles bills on the floor?
majority leader
Where are bills formally debated?
On the floor or the House or Senate
What word refers to the schedules that list the order in which bills will be considered on the floor of the House or the Senate?
Calendars
What word refers to the schedules that list the order in which bills will be considered on the floor of the house or senate?
Calendars
Who as a member of the Senate will have the power to determine if any of the amendments proposed by the House will be accepted?
The Senate committees decide which bills, of any kind (statute and Constitutional Amendment alike) go to the Senate floor.
What is the function of a blocking bill in the Texas Senate?
This is usually the first bill on the Texas Senate calendar, which functions to block the floor from considering all other bills. The Senate must reach a two-thirds majority in order to suspend the rule requiring chronological consideration, allowing legislative session to continue.
What is a congressional committee?
A standing committe is any group of people in either the House or the Senate that is joined together to review bills and resolutions. In the senate there a many standing committees. bills and resolutions get presented on the floor and then are assigned to the committee which would be dealing with that specific issue type. The committee evaluates the bill or resolution and determines whether or not it is worth it to be debated on the senate floor. The House is basically the same.
What is a standing congressional committee?
A standing committe is any group of people in either the House or the Senate that is joined together to review bills and resolutions. In the senate there a many standing committees. bills and resolutions get presented on the floor and then are assigned to the committee which would be dealing with that specific issue type. The committee evaluates the bill or resolution and determines whether or not it is worth it to be debated on the senate floor. The House is basically the same.
Who Scheduling floor action in the senate is the?
In the U.S. Senate, scheduling floor action is primarily the responsibility of the Majority Leader. The Majority Leader works with party leadership, committee chairs, and other members to determine the legislative agenda and when bills will be brought to the floor for debate and voting. Additionally, the Senate’s rules allow for collaboration with the Minority Leader to facilitate bipartisan cooperation on scheduling.
Does the Vice President run the Senate or the House?
The vice president does not "run" the senate. However he is the president of the senate and can vote, if the senate vote is tied. In a way the senate majority leader can control the senate in that all bills can only reach the floor to be debated and voted on if he or she says so. Harry Reid, a democrat, now "controls" 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.
