what does the senate do besides pass bills?
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Some senators take bribes from their communities to represent their probs in senate. while other give interviews and statments to news media.:P
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They are called Senators
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Contact the US Senate for more information on its members.
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The Senate is illegal.
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Details of Florida senators can be found here:\n\nhttp://www.flsenate.gov/
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You can always go to the webpages for the U.S. House and Senate. Through those pages you can see the congressional schedule and the various bills under consideration.
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The President of the Senate is technically in charge of the running of the Senate. The Vice President holds this position, but usually the Vice President is not in the chamber. In his absence, the President pro tempore acts as the President of the Senate.\n\nThe only important function the President of the Senate serves is, if there is a tie vote, he casts the deciding vote. It has happened fairly infrequently, but often is important on controversial bills.
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PROCEDURE FOR WHY LAWS ARE MADE\n\nWhen a Representative has an idea for a new law, he/she becomes the sponsor of that bill and introduces it by giving it to the clerk of the House or by placing it in a box, called the hopper.  The clerk assigns a legislative number to the bill. The bill will have an H.R. if it was introduced in the House and an S. if it was introduced in the Senate.  A copy of the bill is then given to all the representatives\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNext, the bill is assigned to a committee by the Speaker of the House. The House has 22 standing committees each with jurisdiction over certain bills. The chosen committee studies the bill and hears testimony from experts and people interested in the bill. This process if often called lobbying. The committee may then release the bill with a recommendation to pass it, revise the bill then release it, or lay it aside so that the House cannot vote on it. Releasing the bill is called reporting it out, while laying it aside is called tabling.\n3\nIf the bill goes through, it is then placed on the calendar. Next, the House Rules Committee may call for the bill to be voted on, discussed or amended. Undisputed bills may be passed by unanimous consent, or by a two-thirds vote if members agree to suspend the rules.\n\nThe bill now goes to the floor of the House and is read in its entirety  A third reading  occurs after any amendments have been added. If the bill is passed by a simple majority (281 of 435), it moves to the Senate.\n\nIn order to be introduced in the Senate, a senator must be recognized as the presiding officer and introduce the bill. Sometimes, when a bill has passed in one of the houses, it becomes known as an act.\n\nJust like in the House, the bill then is assigned to a committee It is assigned to one of the Senate's 16 standing committees by the presiding officer.  The Senate committee studies and either releases or tables the bill.
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It isn't in place yet.  The Senate passed one version, the House passed a different one.  The Senate will give theirs to the House to see if they can negotiate one bill for all of Congress to vote on.  If they can't, it will not go further.  Meanwhile other people are sponsoring new legislation to see if that is better or more popular.
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The legislative branch is made up of the two houses of Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of the legislative branch is to make laws. Laws are written, discussed and voted on in Congress.\n\nThere are 100 senators in the Senate, two from each state. Senators are elected by their states and serve six-year terms. The Vice President of the U.S. is considered the head of the Senate, but does not vote in the Senate unless there is a tie. The Senate approves nominations made by the President to the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, federal courts and other posts. The Senate must ratify all treaties by a two-thirds vote.\n\nThere are 435 representatives in the House of Representatives\n\nBoth parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives elect leaders. The leader of the party that controls the house is called the majority leader. The other party leader is called the minority leader\n \nAs far as legeslative figures for CT., try this website www.state.ct.us/emblems.htm   and click on legislative at the top of the screen.\n\nI hope this helps, good luck
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the senate, and filibuster.\nsee http://www.thisnation.com/question/037.html\nthis gives a pretty good definition.
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Try \n\nhttp://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm\n\nit lists all bills active before the senate
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The Senate..........a 6 year term........then back home. There should be no career politicians. A career politician has bought their job by laying in bed with lobbyists, and buying votes with the peoples own tax dollars.
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JOB DESCRIPTION – SENATORS\n\nDUTIES:\n\n1. Attendance at all Senate meetings – Second Tuesday of every month 7:30am to 9:30am.\n2. Active participation on at least one of the Senate’s standing committees (2 hrs/month)\n3. Provide communication via email about Senate matters to constituents in your academic unit \n4. Solicit input from constituents for use in Senate deliberations\n5. Serve as part of your unit’s nominating committee for positions on the FPPC and for Faculty Senate elections\n6. Ensure your unit’s representation at Senate meetings by arranging for an alternate to replace you if are unable to attend a Senate meeting (see below]\n7. Represent your constituents in Senate deliberations\n8. Senators in the second years of the two-year term serve as the lead or senior Senators to coordinate the academic unit delegation to the Senate. This coordination is to prepare any reports requested by the Senate and to take the lead on soliciting information from constituents and to solicit nominations for the next year’s election of Senators from the academic unit.\n\nJOB DESCRIPTION – ALTERNATE SENATORS\nDUTIES:\n\n1. Active participation on at least one of the Senate’s standing committees (2 hrs/month)\n2. Attendance at meetings where you replace a Senator\n3. Encouraged to attend all Senate meetings to stay abreast of issues\n4. Seek feedback and input from constituents\n5. Serve as a member of the Nominations Committee for your academic unit for \nthe Faculty Senate and Faculty Policies & Procedures Committee elections for \nthe annual elections process.\n6. Alternate senators (who have served 2 terms as alternate) are eligible to be \nnominees for the Faculty Senate elections for their academic unit
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Voting IN a bill means getting it to pass.\nVoting OUT a bill means it does not pass.
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Since you weren't specific as to which house of congress you are interested in, I found a number of bills that are being considered by the Senate.\n\nSome of the Bills being considered include:\n\nAbortion - preventing minors for crossing statelines to circumvent parental notification; \n\nImmigration Reform / Border Security;\n\nThe "Cheeseburger Bill", - Obesity lawsuits, curb (Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act; "cheeseburger bill").\n\nClick on any of the links below for more information. The last link links directly the Senate pending bills where I obtained the above bills.
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Any Senator is entitled to speak on any bill before the Senate, But if they speak, and speak and speak for days, and then some other senator gets on his hind legs and does the same thing,followed by another and another, they can keep it going until the senate rises and the session is over without resolving the bill!..After that, its usually refered off to some commitee and never heard of again!..In Australia, this cannot be done anymore, because the Govt can move a vote on it!..They seldom do this though, for fear of govt members crossing the floor!