how is a motion in the government amended and voted on?
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i would suggest you go talk to the teacher at the high school that teaches government and he/she will lead you to the right place to look
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The bill has not left the committe, and at this point it most likely won't. It's not possible to know why it hasn't left the committe or what different members of the committee think of the bill, since their meetings are generally not public.
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51%.  the conference committee, as explained by someone else, only happens if one house passes a different version of the bill from the other.  for instance, this immigration bill.  the bill from the senate is different from the house, so it will go to a conference  committee for negotiators to hammer out a compromise.  if the versions are the same, it goes straight to the president, and doesnt need to be voted on again by either house.
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Bills regarding taxes and appropriations for the expenses of the government must emanate from the House of Congress.\nBills affecting names of streets, public schools and other public places are initiated in the Lower House. \n\nBills affecting the whole country are passed in the Senate.
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S.82 was not passed by the Senate. It has been referred to the Senate subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. If that committee votes to send it to be voted on by the whole body, they will vote, and if it passes there, will be sent to the House to be voted on, and then sent to the President to be signed.\n\nPerhaps you are thinking of some other bill. You can search for bills at the site below.
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This is a guess; direct government would be the parts directly accountable to elected politicians. Indirect would be those parts not directly accountable eg the judiciary where judges may amend laws but are not accountable to an electorate; an example would be the supreme court in the USA
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It starts with Congress, though the general process works the same for state legislatures creating state agencies.\n\nThe legislature passes what is called an "enabling law" which creates an agency and grants the agency certain powers. These must be within the type of laws that Congress itself could pass.  [See Article I of the Constitution.] Essentially, Congress is delegating some of its rule-making power to the agency, usually with specific guidelines and a specific purpose.\n\nThe agency then goes through whatever their established procedure is, as determined by the enabling statute. Because they have been delegated quasi-legislative powers, the agency regulations have the same effect as if the laws had been passed directly by Congress.\n\nFor more specific detail on the step-by-step process, see the Wikipedia link below.
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There are only 6 articles to that law. Perhaps you mean Section 23? That says:\n\n  §  23.  Local  laws  subject  to  mandatory referendum. 1. A local law\n  subject to mandatory referendum as provided in this section  or  in  any\n  other state statute, shall be submitted for the approval of the electors\n  at  a  general  election  of  state or local government officers in such\n  local government held not  less  than  sixty  days  after  the  adoption\n  thereof  unless  such local law provides for its submission for approval\n  of the electors at a special election  or  unless,  within  thirty  days\n  after  the  adoption of such local law, a petition signed, authenticated\n  and subject  to  certification  by  the  clerk  as  provided  for  other\n  petitions  in  section  twenty-four  of  this chapter is filed with such\n  clerk requesting its submission at a special election. If the local  law\n  so provides or if a valid petition is so filed requesting the submission\n  of  the local law at a special election, it shall be submitted at such a\n  special election held in such local government not less than sixty  days\n  after the adoption of the local law, the date for which special election\n  shall  be  fixed  by the legislative body. In either case such local law\n  shall become operative as prescribed therein only if  approved  at  such\n  election by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors\n  of such local government voting upon the proposition.\n    2.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  or under authority of a state\n  statute, a local law shall be subject to mandatory referendum if it:\n    a. In the case of a city, provides a new charter for such city.\n    b. In the case of a city, town or village, changes the  membership  or\n  composition of the legislative body or increases or decreases the number\n  of votes which any member is entitled to cast.\n    c. Changes the veto power of the elective chief executive officer.\n    d.  Changes the law of succession to the office of the chief executive\n  officer of a county elected on a county-wide basis or if there  be  none\n  the chairman of the board of supervisors, the mayor of a city or village\n  or the supervisor of a town.\n    e.  Abolishes an elective office, or changes the method of nominating,\n  electing or removing an elective officer, or  changes  the  term  of  an\n  elective office, or reduces the salary of an elective officer during his\n  term of office.\n    f. Abolishes, transfers or curtails any power of an elective officer.\n    g. Creates a new elective office.\n    h.  In  the  case of a city, changes the boundaries of wards, or other\n  districts, from which members of the county board of supervisors, chosen\n  as such in such city to represent the city, are elected.\n    i. Changes a provision of law relating to public utility franchises.\n    j. In the case of a city, reduces the salary or compensation of a city\n  officer or employee, increases his hours of employment  or  changes  his\n  working  conditions  if  such  salary, compensation, hours or conditions\n  have been fixed by a state statute and  approved  by  the  vote  of  the\n  qualified  electors of the city. No provision effecting such reductions,\n  increases or changes contained in any local law or proposed new  charter\n  shall become effective unless the definite question with respect to such\n  reductions,  increases or changes shall be submitted separately from any\n  provisions not relating to such reductions,  increases  or  changes  and\n  approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors\n  voting thereon.\n    k.  In  the case of a city, changes a provision of law relating to the\n  membership or terms of office of the civil  service  commission  of  the\n  city.
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A --the formal amendment process is definitely the correct answer. It requires the approval of the states, and congress and it changes the basic document that federalism is based on: the Constitution.
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Here's a list:\nhttp://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2005-635&sort=vote
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If you go to Congress.org you can get a listing of recent bill in Congress on both House and Senate.  It will also tell you how different representatives voted and what the final count was as well as a synopsis of what each bill is about.  I believe it also allows you to get info on state laws as well.  \n\nAnother great resource is the "Congress At Your Fingertips" directory.  It has all the contact info and more for every member of the House and Senate.  The book is printed by Capitol Advantage website www.capitoladvantage.com
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It varies from state to state, you will have to check on your particular state. Also, follow the new laws passed in your own state, as well as federally, as many of the changes are recent. When in doubt, ask- and don't ask on Yahoo Answers, you probably won't get a correct response.
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The initiative is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot.\n\n"Referendum" is a general term which refers to a measure that appears on the ballot. There are two primary types of referenda: the legislative referendum, whereby the Legislature refers a measure to the voters for their approval, and the popular referendum, a measure that appears on the ballot as a result of a voter petition drive. The popular referendum is similar to the initiative in that both are triggered by petitions, but there are important differences.\n\nRecall is a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office.
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Nothing. Call your State Legislature and ask him/her to introduce the bill. Ask others to do the same.\nNow if your thinking "grass roots referendum" to get the issue on the State vote, that's different.\nYour State may be different then mine.
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It is an issue in the past.  It was involved in the circumstances and political climate of its day, and there does not appear to be any sabotage intended.  It simply happened, in the open, up front.  There was nothing underhanded in that it was not ratified.
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The government would like us to think that we have democracy in this country. But if you think it through, we don’t. At best, we have an elected dictatorship.  We vote a political party into office (usually in protest against the previous one) and that party’s leader becomes PM and he/she dictates to us for four years. If any of the cabinet disagrees too much, the PM just sacks them and appoints new puppets. That is totally undemocratic. When any cabinet motion goes to parliament, the party whips force the MPs to vote the way the PM and his cabinet wants them to vote (or they suffer the consequences). That again is totally undemocratic. We are told that we elect an MP to represent our constituency. But, if you think about it, that is not what happens. We actually elect the member of a certain political party to vote the way the PM (or the opposition leader) wants them to vote.   I believe we should get rid of party politics altogether and all MPs should be independent and have a free vote on all motions after consulting for the views of the constituency they represent. Those MPs should elect the cabinet (with the power to change that cabinet), and the cabinet should elect the PM (with the power to change the PM).
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A Bill is introduced in one House or another, if it passes it goes on to the other House, where they either pass the same version or more likely their own version of the Bill.  As both houses have to pass the same version of the same legislation it goes into committee of members of both house's who try to work out a compromise bill.  This is usually where all sorts of things get added to the bill that may have nothing to do with the bill in order to get both sides to agree on the bill.  At this point it goes before both houses again to be passed, if both houses pass the same version of the same bill it goes on to the President, however if any changes have been made between the two houses it goes to committee again.  This is how many pet project's or as it is called Pork Barrel Spending is created.  It is the same thing as the President spoke of as Earmarking in his State of the Union Address.  Currently both house's of Congress are controlled by the Republican Party and all legislation must pass through both house's before it goes to the President for his approval.