During the State of the Union Address, is the standing and sitting of the Legislators choreographed ?
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There is no set choreography.  The speech is written with pauses on purpose for appluase.  The supreme court does not applaud political themes, becuase they are supposed to stay apolitical.  The members of the Joint Chiefs also did not applaud or stand when they felt it may show they have apolitical bias, which they are not allow to display.
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Federal, State and Local Legislators.
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During the Midterm Elections (Even-numbered years that aren't Presidential elections), 33 Senators are up for election, all 435 House seats are up for election, and most State level positions (Governor, State legislature, etc.)\n\nIn addition, many ballot initiatives are put to a vote.  Everything from defining marriage between a man and a woman, raising the minimum wage, local school levys, etc. etc.\n\nThe most important national change is that the most of Congress is elected and roughly 60% of the Governors are elected.  Good luck learning more about the electoral process, it's very interesting and can be a lot of fun to keep track of.  At the very least, it can help you be an educated voter when that fateful Tuesday in November comes.
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The House of Representatives
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Article 2, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution reads:\n\nThe President "...shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient..."\n\nIt has become custom that this address is given once a year, usually in January or February.
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NO.\nThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives. The current Speaker is Dennis Hastert, a Republican Congressman from Illinois, whose term will expire at the end of the 109th Congress on January 3, 2007. On November 16, Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, was nominated by her party to be Speaker of the House for the 110th Congress; she will then be the first woman to hold the office.  The office of Speaker was created by the Constitution of the United States. The Speaker is elected by the House of Representatives, and is its highest-ranking officer.  In the Presidential line of succession, the Speaker is second in the line, after the Vice President of the United States.  \n\nThe Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives acts as the leader of the party that has a majority control of the seats in the house (currently at least 218 of the 435 seats). The Majority Leader works with the Speaker of the House and the Majority Whip to coordinate ideas and supporting votes for legislation.   Rep. Steny Hoyer was selected to be the next majority leader for the 110 Congress on November 16.  His term will start on January 3, 2007 as well.  Rep. John Boehner from Ohio is the current majority leader in the House.
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SENATE\nMajority Leader - Bill Frist (R - TN)\nMaj. Whip - Mitch McConnell (R - KY)\nPresident of Senate - Vice Pres Dick Cheney\nPresident Pro Tem - Ted Stevens (R - AK)\nPresident Pro Tem Emerius - Robert Byrd (D - WV)\nMinority Leader - Harry Reid (D - NV)\nMinority Whip - Richard Durbin (D - IL)\n\nThe VP serves as Presient of the senate, but other members preside over the senate in his absence (which is most of the time and they come from the majority party)\n\nHOUSE\nSpeaker - Dennis Hastert (R - IL)\nMaj Leader - John Boehner (R - OH)\nMaj Whip - Roy Blount (R - MO)\nMin Leader - Nancy Pelosi (D - CA)\nMin Whip - Steny Hoyer (D - MD)
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The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. In the Senate, each state is equally represented by two members; as a result, the total membership of the body is currently 100. Senators serve for six-year terms that are staggered so elections are held for approximately one-third of the seats (a "class") every second year.The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and serves as its presiding officer, but is not a Senator and does not vote except to break ties. The Vice President rarely acts as President of the Senate unless casting a tie-breaking vote or during ceremonial occasions, so the duty of presiding usually falls to the President Pro Tempore, customarily the most senior senator of the majority party. Most often, the President Pro Tempore will designate a member from his party to serve as presiding officer for the day.
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It goes:\n1. Speaker of the House\n2. President Pro Tempore\n3. Secretary  of State\n4. Secretary  of Treasury\n5. Secretary  of Defense\n6. Attorney General\n\nThat's all I remember
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Pretty much.  \n\nStandard Clintonian practice:  \n-say anything to get a vote; do anything to get out of legal trouble\n-serve the people only so far as it serves your own interests
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The House of Representatives and the Senate have numerous committees that specialize in different areas of law.  These committees are essentially the gates through which proposed legislation must pass before it can be voted on by the full House or Senate. Examples: Armed Services, Appropriations, Judiciary, Indian Affairs, etc.\n\nThus, it is often said that pending legislation was killed in committee, meaning the committee didn't introduce it for a full vote.\n\nThe newest Congress won't be sworn in until January, so I don't know who the new chairpersons of the various committees will be.  But the source reference link below will take you to Source Watch Organization projections of the incoming chairpersons.\n\nGood luck.
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Leadership\n\nThe floor leaders and whips of each party are elected by a majority vote of all the Senators of their party assembled in a conference or, as it sometimes is called, a caucus. The practice has been to choose the leader for a two-year term at the beginning of each Congress. The majority and minority leaders are the elected spokespersons on the Senate floor for their respective political parties.\n  \nFloor Leadership\n\nThe positions of the majority and the minority leader, as we know them today, are of recent development in the history of the Senate, although individual Senators since 1789 assumed leading roles in determining the Senate schedule.\n\nFloor leaders - The Majority Leader and Minority Leader are elected by their respective party conferences to serve as the chief Senate spokesmen for their parties and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate. By custom, the Presiding Officer gives the floor leaders priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. \n\nCurrent Leadership of the Senate:\n\nPresident of the Senate - Richard Cheney\nU.S. Vice President  President Pro Tempore\nTed Stevens - Republican, Alaska \nMajority Leader - Bill Frist Republican, Tennessee  Assistant Majority Leader \n(Republican Whip) Mitch McConnell Republican, Kentucky  \nMinority Leader Harry Reid Democrat, Nevada \n\nhttp://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Leadership_vrd.htm
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Senate:\nRepublicans:\nMajority Leader: Bill Frist (TN)\nMajority Whip: Mitch McConnell (KY)\nPresident Pro Tempore: Ted Stevens (AK)\n\nDemocrats:\nMinority Leader: Harry Reid (NV)\nMinority Whip: Dick Durbin (IL)\n\nHouse:\nRepublicans: \nSpeaker of the House: Dennis Hastert (IL)\nMajority Leader: John Boehner (OH)\nMajority Whip: Roy Blunt (MO)\n\nDemocrats: \nMinority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (CA)\nMinority Whip: Steny Hoyer (MD)\n\nThe Majority Leaders in both houses are in charge directing legislation onto the Floor of their chambers.  They lead their parties and determine what position their party will take on any particular legislation.  The Whips are in charge of rounding up votes.  They must ensure that the party members are going to vote with the party, and they can tally what legislation can and can't pass.\n\nThe Speaker of the House is the 3rd in the line of Constitutional succession after the President and Vice-President.  He presides over the House of Representatives and conducts affairs.  He also has control over the powerful Rules Committee, which determines what legislation gets to the floor of the House and what kind of debate it can have.\n\nThe President Pro Tempore is the presiding officer of the Senate when the Vice President is not around.  He doesn't really have much power outside of that.
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Yes democracy is.The people are the legislature in a democracy.
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No.  The District of Columbia was established so that the working seat of American governement would not reside in a specific state.  \n\nThat way when Iowa and Maryland get into a urination contest one of them can't say "Well I am home to the whole freakin' government!"
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Veteran's Affairs Secretary.  It is customary to have at least one Cabinet level secretary not attend for the safe succession should anything happen during the State of the Union Address to the President and the Cabinet members.
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which parliment? there are many countries that have a governing section known as the parliment.i suppose you mean GREAT BRITAIN.. the prime minister is like the speaker of the house as in america and all member are the same. there are no congressmen or senators but just members who vote and talk about laws and what is right and what isnt. much talk is done in parliment although im not sure if anything ever gets done.much like the house and the senate here in the united states.Tony BLAIR is as good a PM as margaret thatcher was.TB is a good friend of the united states and i hope he will continue to keep on as a good friend when a new president is elected in 2 more long years