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Government - E4 - P2
Government - E4 - P2 - Chapter 22 - Texas Legislature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| in the context of political science, the development of a legislative body into a formally structured system with stable membership, complex rules, expanded internal operations, and the delineation of staff functions | Institutionalization |
| Lawmaking body, such as the Texas Legislature, that includes two chambers | Bicameral Legislature |
| One-hundred-forty day period in the odd-numbered years in which the legislature meets and can consider and pass laws on any issue or subject | Regular session |
| Legislative session that can be called at any time by the governor. This session is limited to 30 days and to issues or subjects designated by the governor | Special session |
| System in which a legislator, city council member, or other public official is elected from a specific geographical area | Single- member district |
| A board created by constitutional amendment charged to redistrict the Texas Legislature if it is not accomplished in the regular session following the release of the census | Legislative Redistricting Board |
| Legislative or other political district, sometimes call a multimember district because two or more officials are elected from it, which includes an entire county, city, or other political subdivision | At-Large District |
| Presiding officer of the House of Representatives | Speaker |
| Presiding officer of the Senate. This officeholder would become governor if the governor were to die, be incapacitate or removed from office | Lieutenant Governor, David Dewhurst |
| Required number of the members of a governing body who must be present so that official business, such as voting, can be conducted. In Texas, a quorum of the House and the Senate is 2/3s of the membership. For committees, it is a majority of the members | Quorum |
| In the legislature, a group of lawmakers who review and hold public hearings on issues or bills they are assigned by the presiding officer. | Committee |
| Committees that specialize in bills by subject matter are designated as _______. | standing committees |
| A few members of a larger committee appointed to review a particular bill and make recommendations on its disposition to the full committee | Subcommittee |
| Special procedural committee that schedules bills that already have been approved by other committees for floor debate in the House | Calendars Committee |
| Panel of House members and senators appointed to work out a compromise on a bill if different versions of the legislation were passed by the House and the Senate. | Conference Committee |
| Special panels appointed to study major policy issues | Special, or Select committee |
| Periods between legislative sessions | Interims |
| Bills are required to go through ___ readings in both houses of the legislature. | 3 |
| . In Texas, the general appropriations bill approved by the legislature every 2 years is the ______. | state budget |
| The power of the Texas governor to reject certain parts of the general appropriations, or spending, bill without killing the entire measure | Line-item veto |
| Constitutional requirement that prohibits the legislature from borrowing money for the state’s operating expenses | Pay-as-you-go |
| Procedure under which the Texas Senate has traditionally operated that requires approval of at least ______ of senators before a bill can be debated on the Senate floor. It allows a minority of senators to block controversial legislation | two-thirds |
| Daily list of bills eligible for debate on the floor of the Texas Senate, if the sponsor is recognized by the lieutenant governor | Intent Calendar |
| Rule that allows an individual senator to postpone a committee hearing on any bill for at least 48 hours, a delay that can be fatal to a bill during the closing days of a legislative session | Tag |
| Agenda or the list of bills to be considered by the House or the Senate on a given day | Calendar |
| Votes taken in the House or the Senate of which a permanent record is kept, listing how individual legislators voted | Record Votes |
| Votes taken on the computerized voting boards in the Texas House but erased without being permanently recorded | Division votes |
| Group of legislators who act together for a common goal regardless of party affiliation | Bloc |
| Texas legislators are paid ____ each year. | $7200 |
| Texas Representatives serve __ year terms and Senators serve ___ year staggered terms. | 2, 4 |
| Texas Senator qualifications: ___ years old, resident of Texas for ___ years, resident of district for ___ years | 26, 5, 1 |
| Texas Representative qualifications: ___ years old, resident of Texas for ___ years, resident of district for ___ years | 21, 2, 1 |
| In 2003, the first Republican House Speaker since Reconstruction was _______. | Tom Craddick |
| In 2009, Democrats retook some of their lost seats in the House and joined with moderate Republicans to unseat _______ and replace him with _________. | Tom Craddick, Joe Straus |
| At the beginning of each regular session, the governor summarizes his legislative priorities in a ___________. | State of the State address |
| In addition to the Senate, the Lieutenant Governor leads the __________. | Legislative Budget Board |
| Who sets the agenda in a special session of the state legislature? | the Governor |
| The Texas House of Representatives consists of _____ representatives. | 150 |
| Regular legislative sessions are limited to ___days. | 140 |
| Historically, the __________ party has won more seats in the Texas legislature since 1845. | Democratic |
| The presiding officer of the Texas Senate is ___. | Lieutenant Governor, David Dewhurst |
| When a bill is being debated before the whole chamber and may be amended by a simple majority vote, the bill is on its _______ reading. | Second |
| Proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution take the form of a ___ resolution. | Joint |
| Which committees would include members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives? | Conference Committees |
| The Supreme Court decision of ____ extended the rulings of equality in congressional districts and apportionment based on “one person one vote” to the state of Texas. | Kilgarlin v. Martin |
| The chair of the Legislative Redistricting Board will be___. | Lieutenant Governor, David Dewhurst |
| Who is the current US Representative for District 19 in Texas? | Randy Neugebauer |
| The ___________ Committee is a special procedural committee that schedules bills that already have been approved by other committees for floor debate in the Texas House. | Calendars Committee |
| When does the Texas legislature meet in regular sessions? | 2nd Tuesday in January, in odd number years, maximum of 140 days |
| If the legislature fails to redistrict during the required session, then the _______ carries out the responsibility. | Legislative Redistricting Board |
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