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US Senators and Representatives
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives constitutes the United States Congress. Ask and answer here about the functions, powers, and public lives of US Senators and Representatives.
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Who is the New Jersey State Senator from the first district?
Robert Andrews is the first district Congressman.
The two senators from NJ are Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez.
What US state has the name of another state within its name?
Arkansas has Kansas
West Virginia has Virginia
How does Arizona choose a replacement for US representative?
Since Rep. Giffords is still alive, they would first reach a decision as to whether she can resume her congressional duties. If she cannot, I believe they would hold a special election. In some states, the governor appoints a replacement.
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I disagree with the above. First - Arizona would not decide whether she has vacated her seat - that is a matter for the House to decide, and there are no guidelines for making that determination. In fact, it is arguable whether or not they could even make that decision without a Constitutional amendment since Article I - Section II of the Constitution already sets the requirements for Members of the House.
Second - Article I - Section II of the Constitution states: "When vacancies happen in the Representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies." So, once the House has declared the seat to be vacant, the only way to replace a Representative is for the state to hold a special election. There is no provision to appoint a replacement before the special election is held.
Finally - Article I - Section III of the Constitution describes how Senators are chosen. Initially, they were chosen by the state legislatures, but that was changed with the 17th Amendment. That amendment states: "When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct."
So, with respect to Senators, if approved by the state, the Governor may appoint a person as an interim Senator until the next (or interim) election. Can the Arizona governor appoint a temporary Senator? Yes, and the governor is required to appoint a temporary replacement of the same political party as the person whose seat was vacated, which is not a requirement for all states.
Is every state the same when it comes to Breach of Peace specifically in Virginia?
They all have similar laws meaning that Breach of Peace is covered by two different statutes, civil and criminal. The state of Virginia refers to state laws as codes and has different criteria for determining criminal or civil BP violations. The link to this answer page can be used to access the Virginia State Code site.
Was there ever a town named Charlestown New York?
I am a family researcher and have found reference to "Charlestown, New York" in the family genealogy, "The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle", George Frederick Tuttle, Tuttle & Company, Official State Printers, Rutland, VT, 1883, p.56 (137531, VIII, "...Isaac German: farmer, b. Charlestown, N.Y., July 6,1804...")
Are California senators sent to Washington DC?
The state of California elects two United States Senators, who are sent to Washington, D.C., to the U.S. Capitol building, to the U.S. Senate, which is one of the two parts of the U.S. Congress.
The state of California is also divided into 40 state senate districts, each of which elects one state senator, who is sent to Sacramento, to the State Capitol building, to the California Senate, which is one of the two parts of the California state legislature.
What is a committee formed by all of the members in the house of representatives called?
Committee of the Whole
Does the District of Columbia have a seat in the House?
there's no representative in the house, they not even vote for presidency
How long do you elect each member of the house of burgesses?
The House of Burgesses is a term used to by the early colonists in Virginia for the legislative body first meeting in Jamestown in 1619. The House of Burgesses later became what is now the Virginia General Assembly. The modern day version of the House of Burgesses would be the House of Delegates in Virginia.
Do hyperopic eyes continue to get incrementally worse every year beyond one's mid-twenties?
It all depends on the amount of hyperopia present ie. The greater the hyperopia present the more likely a prescription increase.This is due to a natural decreasing of accommodation(focussing power) from the teen years. If hyperopia is low to moderate there is a good chance that the eye will naturally be able to accommodate through the hyperopia and give good or even excellent distance vision. As we age and specifically when we ALL reach our 40s the accommodation available to us is dimininshing like never before. Emmetropic eyes (those with no refractive error)will have difficulty with near vision due to this decline as more accommodation is required for near tasks and therefore plus lenses will be required to aid near focus. This is called presbyopia and is sometimes incorrectly refered to as long/farsightedness. Those of us with hyperopia will have a harder time as we need to accommodate at all distances and with demand already high on the focussing mechanism for distance vision the required accommodation will need to be supplemented with plus lenses for close work to start with, eventually needing a plus correction for distance too. The increase in prescription from 40 onwards is often regular and often results in bifocals being prescribed for hyperopic presbyopes. Initially in many cases the lenses for hyperopia are worn for near tasks only. Although if worn for distance it is possible for the eyes to relax into to them and any latent hyperopia present can become manifest sooner and thus reliance on the glasses is earlier. This could cause a prescription increse. Some people on the other hand don't wear a correction when they should even if they are getting eyestrain and suffering some discomfort. These are people who until their 40s had great eyesight and suddenly find that they have worsening vision. Their belief that once they succumb to glasses they will be reliant on them is probably accurate but the old habits of accommodation through hyperopia die hard and therefore they prefer to blink squint and take pain killers to combat their hyperopia.It also makes them very short tempered!
What is the job of a re-treader?
I assume you mean in the tire industry - where (usually) truck tires with good side walls and structural integrity are supplied with a new layer of tread and a new lifespan. This replacement tread is vulcanized to the old core.
What was unusual about McCarthy's hearings investigating communist infiltration of the US Army?
I don't know either but i think its pie
Who is responsible for dividing each state into the correct number of districts?
*State Legislature* *State Legislature*
How many US senatos are elected by each state?
Each state gets 2 senators. That gives the small states the same representation as the larger states. It was part of the deal worked out to get the Constitution approved.
Scott Brown is a charismatic politician who drives a truck.
He is currently a Republican senator for New York, a state which is mostly pro-Democratic Party.
