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Govt Unit 4

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How many serve in the House of Reps?
150
How many serve in the Senate
31
Length of term for House of Reps
2 years
Length of term for Senate
4 years
Length of a regular session
40 days
Only the ____ can call a special session
governor
The Governor is able to dictate the ____ of a special session
agenda
Tx House Insights Vid - what is the concern voiced by Lee at the beginning of ch1 (who introduces legislation)
The executive branch does alot that the legislative branch is supposed to - this means that the rule enforcers are also making the rules
How does Rep Eissler describe voting patterns
Inversely proportional to the vote's amount of influence on the voter's daily life
How many bills are filed in each full session of the Tx legislature?
6,000
How many bills become law?
1/5 (1200 of 6000)
How many laws passed are trying to correct laws passed previously?
1/3
What are the 2 sources of power that the Speaker of the House and Lt. Gov have?
Assigning bills to committees, and appointing chairpersons and committee members
If a governor ignores a bill what happens to it?
It becomes a law anyways
What people influence the decisions of legislators? (7 of them)
Lobbyists, Staff Members, Fellow Legislators, Constituents, Speaker, Lt. Gov, Governor
What does partisan refer to?
People associated with a political party
What trumps partisan influencers in the Tx Legislature?
Representing your district
What monthly allowance is given to state representatives for staff support and technical resources?
10k/mo.
What is Jacksonian democratic theory?
elect as many government officials to the shortest terms possible
Texas Plural executive
Means getting an executive without all his "baggage"/relatives
Constitutional requirements of a governor?
30 yrs old, 5 yr resident, US citizen
Why is the Tx Governor weaker than most governors?
Tenure (no term limit), Appointments (only 6 major apptmts), Budget (very little LBB), Veto (line-item veto)
Who is thought to hold the most influential office in Tx?
Lt. Gov
Oversees the regulation of state lands
Land Commissioner
Chief legal council for state
Attorney General
Has regulatory oversight for oil and gas production
Railroad Commission
An executive agent, plays an important legislative role as pres of the Senate, Replaces Gov when out of state
Lieutenant Governor
promotes agriculture and related products produced in Texas and protects texas citizens as consumers of Tx Agricultural procuds
Agriculture Commissioner
Chief Fiscal and revenue forecaster
Comptroller of Public Accounts
What are problems in the Texas Executive?
Executive agencies, interest groups, legislative committees
T/F THe power of the US pres over the fed executive is more than the power of the Tx gov
TRUE
Appellate Jurisdiction
The power of a court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts
Original jurisdiction
The right to hear a case for the first time
Supreme Court
Final Appellate civil & juvenile
Court of Criminal Appeals
Final Appellate criminal
Court of Appeals
Intermediate appellate
District Courts
Original
County Level Courts
Original and Appellate
Municipal Court/Justice of the Peace Courts
Original?

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