US Institutions anyone?
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What is: - Senate - House of Representatives - Congress What are the roles and relationships between these? How are laws passed in the United States ( discl.: I am interested in the workflow from the 'lobby' part on:) )? Tomaz
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What is: - Senate - House of Representatives - Congress What are the roles and relationships between these? How are laws passed in the United States ( discl.: I am interested in the workflow from the 'lobby' part on:) )? Tomaz
Congress=Senate+House of Representives The are the legislative part of the government, the ones who create bills, make them into laws etc. -Steven Hicks
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Congress=Senate+House of Representives The are the legislative part of the government, the ones who create bills, make them into laws etc. -Steven Hicks
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Congress=Senate+House of Representives Thanks. And why are there two? Who is senator, who is representative? I suppose the bill then goes to the president and he may or may not sign it and if he does it becomes a law? Or? For the law to become effective, do both need to agree (senate and HOR)? Can both propose the law or are proposals always coming from the senate? Tomaz
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Congress=Senate+House of Representives Thanks. And why are there two? Who is senator, who is representative? I suppose the bill then goes to the president and he may or may not sign it and if he does it becomes a law? Or? For the law to become effective, do both need to agree (senate and HOR)? Can both propose the law or are proposals always coming from the senate? Tomaz
The senate: 2 elected representives [bear in mind this is not the soapbox..] The House of Representatives: the number of elected members per state is porportional to the population size of the state The house and senate must agree on the bill, and it gets pasted to the president to be signed to become a law, unless the congress (S+HOR) dissagrees and makes it a law with a 2/3 majority vote of the present members. Thats that I remember from the government class about four years ago in my sleep :P. -Steven Hicks
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What is: - Senate - House of Representatives - Congress What are the roles and relationships between these? How are laws passed in the United States ( discl.: I am interested in the workflow from the 'lobby' part on:) )? Tomaz
Here ya go[^] -- C'est normal!
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What is: - Senate - House of Representatives - Congress What are the roles and relationships between these? How are laws passed in the United States ( discl.: I am interested in the workflow from the 'lobby' part on:) )? Tomaz
(While writing this, Jörgen posted a link to a less confusing explanation. I'll leave this here just in case you prefer to be confused.) The US government has three independent branches. The executive, legislative and judicial. The legislative branch is made up of two bodies; the Senate and House of Representatives. Together they are referred to as Congress. Each state has two senators. Originally, these senators were appointed by each state's legislative bodies. The intent being that the senators represented the state as a whole. Largely due to corruption and deadlocks where senate vacancies could last for months, states started a complex system of semi-direct elections. The 17th ammendment to the US Constitution passed in 1913 allowed for true direct election of Senators. Representatives are apportioned to the various populations of the states, with a guarantee of that a state will have at least one representative. The total number allowed used to increase with every census, but was finally set at 435 in 1913. As the titles imply, the legislative branch passes laws and provides oversight of the other branches, though much more limited, by design, of the judicial than the executive. This oversight is mainly through hearings, passing laws and funding, arguably the most powerful thing of all. The executive branch, namely the President, can propose laws to Congress, but they much be sponsored by a member of congress. Strictly speaking, they much be introduced in the House first, then the Senate approves. In practice, similar bills will be introduced into both houses of congress and then they will reconcile them (a nice way of saying; compromise until you get something that will pass.) (To be technical, before congress votes on a bill, it first is introduced into a specific committee. They then have hearings and tinker with the wording and then vote to send it out of committee. Not to get too confusing, but a house of congress can force a bill out of committee with a petition, but it's rarely done. Also, the majority leader can prevent a vote on a bill, but that's also very confusing and not nearly as dastardly as is sometimes portrayed.) The bill is then sent to the President who can sign it into law, veto it within 10 days or let it become law without his, or her someday, signature. If the president vetoes a bill, it "goes back" to congress. They can choose to attempt to override a veto with a vote of more than two thirds of each house or not bother. Lobbyists represents specific groups of
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Congress=Senate+House of Representives The are the legislative part of the government, the ones who create bills, make them into laws etc. -Steven Hicks
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What is: - Senate - House of Representatives - Congress What are the roles and relationships between these? How are laws passed in the United States ( discl.: I am interested in the workflow from the 'lobby' part on:) )? Tomaz
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a bunch of b.s. that is supposed to prevent anything from happening. that's the point. the less change the better.
So, what do you propose? A revolution? :rolleyes: -- C'est normal!