Help!!!! Popquiz on parliamentary procedure!?
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Try these websites for information on Parliamentary Procedure:\n\nhttp://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/glossary/gloss-e.htm\n\nhttp://www.history1700s.com/tjmpp.shtml\n\n\nAlthough originating in Britain, parliamentary law has seen its greatest development in America. In 1801 Thomas Jefferson compiled a manual of parliamentary practices. This handbook became the basis for the rules followed by the United States Congress. A later book by Luther Cushing of Massachusetts further spread the use of parliamentary procedure to voluntary organizations.
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No, a parliamentary democracy is by far the most representative form of democracy that has been created thus far. Don't blow it.
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Its all about money; it seems to solve all the problems (and lets face it, it does). We'll have to attack the top layer itself, not just the lower levels. We have to reform the houses of the parliament if we want to set a precedent. How, i dont know. Will take some more thinking.
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here you go, hope they help - I just typed in ceremonial speeches to google.  Good luck!
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ASK YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE.
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The Prime minister does not have a "term" in the American sense. \n\nThe process begins with a parliamentary election. Such elections must be called at least once very five years but may be called sooner.\n\nAfter the elections, the Queen, as Head of State, calls upon a member of Parliament to form a government and be her Prime Minister. In theory she may summon anyone she chooses but in fact it will always be the leader of the party that won the most seats in Parliament.\n\n\nThis person must then win the support of a majority of the members. If his party has won a majority this is no problem but if it has not he must negotiate with members of other parties to achieve a majority.\n\nIf he acheives such a majority he may then remain as prime minister for as long as five years (at which time another election must be called) so long as a majority continue to support him. \n\nIf, at any time he loses majority support thru what is called a "vote of no confidence" he must step down. In that instance the Queen may either summon another individual to attempt to gain a majority within the existing Parliament or call a new election. As a practical matter, a new election will be the choice.\n\nHe is, by the way, as others have mentioned, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and not just of England.\n\nEngland as a seperate political entity vanished in 1707 with the passage of the Act of Union which joined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in the Kindom of Great Britain.\n\nThe recent creation of a Scottish Parliament does not make Scotland a seperate country or revoke the Act of Union and England continues to be incorporated into the Kingdom of Great Britain which is itself now a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island.
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House of Representatives start the ball rolling bringing impeachment charges.  The Senate holds the trial.  \n\nNixon resigns.  Arlen Spector invokes Scottish Law
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Well in my opinion there is no such procedure.\n\nSometimes a situation may arise that only one nation is against a resolution passed by all other members. This creates a rift in EU and the decision making process is affected. Recently Poland was the only nation against a resolution pending in EU regarding relations with Russia. The overwhelming majority in favour of the resolution seems helpless against the vote of one nation. \nIn this situation how will the EU work.
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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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First a bit of background:\n\nFrance -- like many other countries -- has a parliament (= US Congress). This Parliament is divided into two parts: a Senate (Sénat) and a "Chambre des Députés" (= US House of representatives).\n\nOf course, this parliament is different from the US Congress, but just remember that it works mostly in the same way.\n\nLaws are then created in the following way:\n\n1. A "Projet de Loi" (Law Project) is presented to Parliament -- usually to the Chambre des Députés -- either by an MP (Member of Parliament) or, more frequently, by a member (minister) of the current Government. Another possibility is that an existing law needs to be amended/modified, in which case a "Projet d'Amendement" is presented and discussed exactly in the same way as a normal law.\n\n2. The law (or amendment) is then discussed by the "Députés", who amend and/or modify it.\n\n3. The Law is then subject to a vote by the "Députés". All amendments to the law are also voted upon.\n\n4. If accepted, the law then goes to the Senate, where it is again discussed, modified, amended, etc.\n\n5. The Law is then subject to a 2nd vote by the Senate.\n\nAt this stage, several things can happen:\n\n5.1. The law is accepted by both Senate and Chambre des Députés: it then becomes a part of French Law, which means it will become part of one of the French "Law Codes", and that the Government will pass one or more "Décrets d'application", which clarifies the law if needed and commands & instructs all relevant law-enforcement agencies to apply it from a given date.\n\n5.2. The law is rejected by the Senate. It then goes back to the "Chambre des députés" for a 2nd session (Seconde Lecture), during which it will be again modified, amended, voted upon, etc... after which it will go back to the Senate for another round.\n\nStill with me? Good!\n\nAt any point during this whole process, a group of "députés" or senators can call upon the "Conseil Constitutionnel" (Consitution Council) to pronounce itself on the constitutionality of a law.\n\nThis means that -- if the Conseil Constitutionnel finds the law unconstitutional -- any law can be rejected outright, and won't be allowed to be discussed any further. This is, in effect, a form of constitutional veto on the law.\n\nBut, at any point during this big cycle, the Government can force the law to be adopted, using what is called the "Article 49-3". This is usually very controversial and the mark of a very unpopular text (as was the case recently). If that is the case, the only way to stop the law from being adopted is for the MPs to censor the Government, which is hard to do, since governments usually also have a mjority of their own party in Parliament.\n\nAlso, the President can force a law -- or even parts of a law -- to go back to Parliament if he is not satisfied with it.\n\nFinally, the only exception to the above rules is the case when there is a constitutional change. In that case, the changes to the constitution are debated by _both_ the Senate and the Chambre des Députés in a "special" Parliament in Versailles (and not in Paris). Otherwise, the law-making rules are almost the same.\n\nIn Paris, the French Senate is based on the Left Bank, at the "Palais du Luxembourg" and the "Chambre des Députés" is based at the "Assemblée Nationale", near the river Seine.
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Questions about the house of reps. and senate?\n1. If 55% of the house were republicans and 45% were democrats how mant members of each party would there be?\nRep. ________\nDem. ________\n\n2. If all 435 members of the house voted, and a bill passed in the house by 17 votes, what was the vote?\n\nFor_______\nagainst______\n\n\n3. It takes 2/3 vote in congress to overried a presidential veto. how mant votes are need in the house ____? how many in the senate____?
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before it becomes law, it is called a bill. it has to go through 3 readings in Parliament. The first being its introduction, the second to understand its need and the third to make amendments to the bill, if any. After that it is sent to the President for his assent-ion. The Bill becomes law on the day it is in the gazette. hope that will help
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It is called Parliament.
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But if the people don't even know about an issue, how can they have an informed opinion about the bill?  The actions of congress are online, and you can keep up with them, and email your opinion to your representative at any time of day.\n\nWho would propose laws in your scheme, without representatives?  All 298,444,215 of us?  That could lead to a lot of votes.\n\nDo I think our countries laws should be decided as snap-decisions by inattentive members of the public - like American idol? NO
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1) A bill is proposed in one house of Congress - either the House of Representatives, or the Senate.\n\n2) It is voted on in "committee", a small group of the chamber that proposed it votes on it - either up or down.  If it gets voted down, it stops here.\n\n3) If it passed step 2, is voted on by the full chamber where it was first proposed.\n\n4) A "conference committee" made up of members of both chambers of Congress writes a final bill to be sent to both houses.\n\n5) Both houses vote on the bill - up or down.  It stops here if it is voted down at this point.\n\n6) It is sent to the President - he has 10 days to sign it.  If he signs it, or if he does nothing (ignores it) it becomes law.  If he vetoes it, it does not become law (yet - there is another way - get to that in a sec).  To veto a bill is to send it back to congress with objections.\n\n7) If the bill is vetoed, Congress can vote on it again.  If the bill receives 2/3 majority vote from both chambers, it can become law over the President's objections.
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From what I just read it is the scottish parliament that has all the say so, any way it is a legislature body in the United Kingdom and overseas territories. Go to htt//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British Parliament, you'll find just what you want.  P.S. This is my ancestry to as far back as 1754 to the Lyon name.  Hope you find what you want to know. Good chat'in with ya!
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It Is?\n\nThe Senate is debating it on the floor next week.\nWrite your senator and tell them what you think.