POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gerrymandering, Texas Legislature
28 Nov 2017
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Pols 207: test help, what is is asking for de nition, know is asking for a more in depth answer. 2. if payed position senate has to confirm: governor appoints, senate confirms, approving budget. Thursday, october 19, 2017: amateurs, most state legislatures are part-time bodies. Thursday, october 19, 2017: staffs, travel budgets, expense accounts, pacs and interest groups give more to incumbents than to challenger, professionalism in state legislatures encourage careerism, texas does not foster professionalism. 1. if you know the technical language and all of the details you can write a bill and propose. !4: only members of the legislature can actually introduce, the governors office is a major bill writers but legislature has to introduce the bill. Thursday, october 19, 2017: only revenue bill have to start in the house, otherwise bill can start in either chamber, we have a revenue bill, you can start introducing it 60 days before session or.
