PPT-FILIBUSTER

The unintended consequence of an 1806 Senate rules housekeeping change the previous question motion the previous question motion Senators were gentlemen They knew when to stop talking. S Senate 19171975 Testimony Prepared for the Se nate Committee on Rules and Administration April 22 2010 Professor Gregory J Wawro Columbia University Acknowledgments Much of the discussion in this testimony is based on joint research with Professor After the passage of the bill the current p o litical climate appears to require sixty votes for the passage of any m a jor leg islation a practice which many argue is uns ustainable In Is The Filibuster Constitutional Professors Josh Chafetz and M American Government. Bills. Bill- . A proposed law. . public bill:. Applies to the entire nation. . private bill:. Applies only to certain people or places.. Bill in the house. Introduction . The bill is first introduced in the House. . Senate By Frank Askin/ Star - Ledger Guest Columnist How do 41 Republican senators who represent less than 37 percent of the nation’s population claim some kind of God - given right to block a &. Lobbyists. Filibuster. When a senator talks for a really long time to stop a vote on a bill. Only happens in the Senate. Filibuster. What to talk about:. Anything. Read a book. Read the phonebook. Learning Objectives. To examine the use of the filibuster in the Senate. To assess to what extent the legislative process is difficult. Filibuster. In the Senate, unlike the House, no time limits are set on the speeches made for or against a bill. It comes from the Spanish word . 1 Filibuster Vigilantly : th Century U.S. Expansion (Short Title: Filibuster Vigilantly) T h om as K. Ogorzalek Columbia Political Science , PhD Candidate Contact: Mail: 420 W. 118 th St., 7 th Floo American Government. Standing Committees in the House. Standing committees . are committees that exist from one Congress to the next. Standing committees . are permanent subject matter committees . where similar bills are sent for analysis and debate . “Members of Congress are single-minded seekers of reelection.” - David Mayhew. Congress: Getting elected. Incumbency Advantage. Between 1863 and 1969 percentage of first term Reps. fell from about 58% to 8. vs.. The House. Photo by Martin . Falbisoner. THE HOUSE. DISTINCTIVE POWERS. THE SENATE. DISTINCTIVE POWERS. “Upper House”. Two Per State. FEDERAL. 6 YEAR . TERMS . (. Insulated). 100. Vice President . The Senate and Its Membership. Formal Qualifications. Must be at least 30 years old . Must reside in state he or she represents. Must be U.S. citizen at least nine years. Serve six-year terms. The Senate and Its Membership. How a Bill Becomes a Law. Proposals. Thousands of bills are proposed in Congress every session. Introducing a Bill. Ideas for new bills can come from private citizens, interest groups, the president, or lawmakers. Warm Up: . Do you think life in missions and presidios was considered easy?. Journal Pages . Page : Unit 4 Picture Think . Page : Unit 4 Vocabulary . Page : Unit 4: Mexican Colonization and Empresarios (title page). Introduction. Main responsibility of Congress. pass new laws. Legislative process includes other branches to a limited extent—presidential veto power, executive orders, administrative rule making, and judicial review .