How does the committee system affect the outcome of legislation?
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well when legilation is first introduced, and its sent to a committee (or 2 or 3), that allows it to be judged and amended by senators and/or congressmen who know about the specific issues.  For example, with immigration legislation, it would go to a committee on security because it deals with border patrol.  They can amend or change the legislation so it can be implimented better, they can also do more negative things like add (sometimes totally unrelated) riders, or pork programs to a bill to help it pass, or if theres enough dissent, the bill can be stalled by committee debate which leads to it being shelved.\nAfter it finally leaves committee most people know whether or not it will pass. The bill itself is either a "good" piece of legislation dealing with the issue at hand in a clear comprehensive and swift manner, or it has grown (like last year's highway bill) to a piece of legislation including many different issues (imagine an immigration bill which included funding for a new day care center in alaska).  \nSo i guess the committee system can either help get a bill written and passed asap, or it can kill or modify a bill to a point of pork barrel spending thats almost embarassing.
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The new terms will begin in January.\n\nIt depends on what you mean by "operational."  When will Congress as a whole start business again?  January.  When will your new Senator or Representative actually have any influence?  That will take years.  Influence is determined by what committees they belong to.  They apply for these committees.  The positions are filled by seniority within both political parties.  If you just elected a new senator or representative, it will be a while before your district starts getting the pork again.
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Roberts Rules of Order govern the conduct of committee meetings.  Any vote of No Confidence would be substantive and its provisions would be found in the charter, law or bylaws of the organization.
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The "committee" refers to the several pitchers used in save situations by a team instead of just having one bona fide closer (like Mariano Rivera or Eric Gagne).\n\nFor example, a closer by committee system could have a left-handed pitcher, a right-handed pitcher, a "fireballer" (good for one or two-out situations) and a long relief man (three inning saves).
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When your party is in the majority, you get to choose the committee chairpersons. Every committee will have one more person from your party than the other. So you control the committees. A lot of the work of the Congress is done in committee. No vote is ever held on the floor until it gets passed by the appropriate committee.\n\nIf one party holds BOTH houses, then you have a lot less friction when the House and Senate get together to work out the differences in the House and Senate versions of a bill.
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Not much. They don't have enough seats to override a veto, and Bush is too stubborn to try to compromise with them. They (Congress) will pass bills, and Bush will shoot them down. Bush will propose stuff to Congress, and they will kill it in committee.
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D.Conference Committee\n\n   1. Members from each house form a conference committee and meet to work out the differences. The committee is usually made up of senior members who are appointed by the presiding officers of the committee that originally dealt with the bill. The representatives from each house work to maintain their version of the bill.\n   2. If the Conference Committee reaches a compromise, it prepares a written conference report, which is submitted to each chamber.\n   3. The conference report must be approved by both the House and the Senate.
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not sure I understand what you are asking.\n\nif your talking about a states representaion in the house  changes  as the population of the state changes
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In democracy we have the powers - legislative, executive and judicial. In parliamentary systems the parlament - the legislative, is the main one. it pravails over the power of the president. People vote and a parlament is formed. Then depending on the terms set in the constitution, it forms a cabinet - the executive power. So the parlament makes the law, the cabinet executes them and the judicial systems makes sure everything goes according to the constitution and the law. The prasident has less prerogatives and just a formal figure. Still his prerogatives depend on the constitution.\nThis type of system is believed to be the best, because ypou have more control and power is devided.
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Markup is the process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
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Because a vote on acts of parliament wouldnt really work wth only a few. Think about it, say we cut government down to the cabinet, the opposition to the shadow cabinet. Its going to be easier for them to pass shody laws. Easier for them to gain more and more power. Plus you cant have the views of society represented by just 20-40 odd people.
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Perhaps your first question should be, "What do committees do?"  \nThe committee chairman is a little like the Speaker of the House.  Part of what s/he does is set up the agenda for the committee, manages the committee, and guides it to do the following:\n1) how to investigate a proposed bill in committee should have\n2) how much investigating a proposed bill \n3) if or how a proposed bill should be modified\n4) if the committee should vote to kill "bill" or allow it to be scheduled for floor.
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The most signifigant power in the House is Appropriations.  They control the spending.  The power to declare war must be initiated in the House but ratified in the Senate.  The Senate has the power of the filibuster which can delay, and sometimes, defeat legislation.  All the power in the House rests in the hands of committee chairpersons and so the average Senator is much more powerful than the average Congressman.  The House has 435 members and the Senate only 100 and so a Senator has more clout and prestige.  The function of both houses is to represent different constituencies.  The House was set up for all the people, to be their voice in Washington.  The Senate was originally set up as a kind of aristocracy and Senators were originally appointed and not elected to ensure that the general rabble didn't get too high a hand.  The Senate was given the power to ratify treaties and "advise and consent" in regards to Presidential appointments.  The committee chairpersons in the House and the Speaker of the House are more powerful than the average Senator.  Sorry for rambling.
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The legislative branch writes bills and presents them to the President.  If the President signs them, they become law.  If the President does not sign them or vetos them, but 2/3 of Congress or a supermajority then votes for them, they an overturn the veto and the bill becomes a law.
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Maybe I can get you started, and others can think of more.\n\nEach body has committees that hold hearings, advise the  Senators or Representatives of its findings and make voting recommendations.\n\nIts members are elected from their home state.\n\nEach Senator and Rep has one vote.\n\nEach body has a leader, The Speaker of the House, and the President Pro Tem of the Senate.\n\nFrom within the ranks the Majority Leader of the Senate is chosen, and similarly the Speaker of the House
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Well, instead of having every rep and senator trying to be an expert on every issue, committees divide the taskload so that groups of reps and senators can concentrate on specific areas of issues.  In turn, they are expected to educate their fellow congress members on the key points of their issues so that in theory, all members can make an educated vote when time comes to vote for a bill.\n\nConsidering that a filibuster is used to delay/prevent a vote, ... when you're in the midst of a filibuster, you're not really dealing with the issue at hand.  Instead, you may be talking about anything but the issue, since you're just rambling on and on to stall and derail the real issue.
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First, a bill is drafted by a representative. It then goes to the legislative house of the rep. and is assigned a committee (different houses have different means of doing this). Then it is probably assigned to a subcommittee that researches it, and sends it off back to the full committee with a recomendation. The committee will then debate, and hear testimony on the bill and it's effects. It could be amended here at any point along the process. Then, it it will be voted on, if it fails, it dies and is redrafted. If the vote ties or passes, it will go to the full floor of the body. The body will then debate and maybe amend it. Then vote on it. If it fails it will go back to the committee. If it passes it will go to the other legislative body (if the govt. is bicameral), WITHOUT THE AMENDMENTS! The other house will vote on amendments etc. If it fails it goes back to the committee, if it passes, it goes to the president/governor/mayor/etc. (see the next paragraph). If it passes with different amendments, or with only some of the amendments, or none at all, it will go to a confrence committee, and the committee will work on it, and so on and so forth.\n\nThe pres/gov/etc can sign it, and it will become a law. Veto it and it will not become a law, (the legislative body can override a veto with a 2/3 vote) and the bill will go back to the legislature with a list of objections to the bill. Or, he can do nothing, and it will be pocket vetoed in 10 days.\n\nIf the bill finally becomes a law, someone can sue the govt. and the courts can overturn it if it finds that the law in unconstitutional.