Amendments must be germane to the subject of a bill. The bill is reported back to the House and is voted on. A quorum call is a vote to make sure that there are enough members present (218) to have a final vote. Once at the Senate the debate is unlimited unless cloture is invoked. Members can speak as long as they want and amendments need not be germane.
However, looking at the statistics such as Bill Clintons presidency, in the first 2 years which was a united government, Congress exercised limited oversight, and when needed to, asked softball questions, however , when Republicans took over Congress, things got much harder as they seek to hold the President to account, and after a while, impeach. Although this shows that things are more different when it is a united or divided government, Congress still has a task to do in which they must do oversight on President, so, it being united or divided government should not affect the task Congress are suppose to do, as they are an independent
Just directs to next stage. § C. After impeachment in the house, the senate holds a trial only if the senate convicts by a 2/3 vote is the person removed. o 2. IMPEACHMENT: if pres ngaged in criminal conduct/civil rights violations o 3. LIABILITY: President has absolute immunity against suits for damages for acts done by the president in the course of his official duties.
Both houses have to pass a bill before it becomes a law. An other advantage is allows for representation on a reasonably equitable footing for both large and small states. Only the House can impeach a President or executive officer in government. Then the Senate plays judge and jury in all impeachments bought on by the House. The disadvantages are the recurrent gridlock seen in Congress, even if the a House passes a bill it still has to go to the Senate.
Furthermore, neither the Prime Minister, nor the cabinet signs a bill once it has been passed; rather the Governor General signs the bill. The parliamentary bill to law process is superior to that of the congressional process, because the American system, creates inefficiencies due to the all or nothing veto which the President has. Furthermore, this all or nothing veto system; creates what is called Omnibus legislation. Which is where several bills are bundled together; therefore, if the President really wants a bill to pass he or she may have to also accept a number of unrelated bills. Essentially, a President may be enacting a bill into a law, for which they know nothing about.
After all, if the people don’t like it, they can always vote them out of office! This dilemma has often been debated about a representative government: are the elected officials expected to vote the way the majority of his or her constituents would desire, as amplified by the famous observer of American democracy Alexis de Tocqueville? Or, are elected officials expected to
Therefore it was inconsistent with the First Amendment and was struck down. The differences between case law and statutory law are the following. Running a bill through the House of Representatives and the senate passes statutory law and it will need a number of votes to pass it. It then needs to be signed by the governor or the president. Case laws are rules and
• The Fed is a creature of Congress, and its structure can, and has in the past, been changed by Congress. Congress might use the threat of structural change to try to influence the Fed o Ex: Propose legislation that would force the Fed to submit budget request to Congress • The President appoints ALL members of the Board of Governors and the Chairman of the Board of Governors. But, once they are appointed the President has NO DIRECT INPUT ON DECISIONS. Although the President can make known through speeches and meetings with the Chairman or the Board of Governors his policy
What are the three main ways a citizen can influence a law? First, they can write to their Congressmen and women. They can also-after going through the proper channels-address Congress directly. Finally, if they feel their Constitutional (aka) civil rights were violated in any way, they can instigate a lawsuit. People can also influence Congress by voting.
Republican members of the committee voted unanimously against reporting the bill, citing numerous amendments proposed by Republican committee members that were rejected by the Democratic majority on the committee. On March 1, 2007, the House of Representatives passed the bill, 241 to 185. On March 30, 2007, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, introduced the Senate version of the Employee Free Choice Act.. On June 26, 2007, the Senate voted 51 to 48 on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consider the bill, 9 votes short of the 60 needed to invoke cloture and prevent an anticipated Republican filibuster. [16] As a result, the bill failed to pass during the 110th United States Congress. In the 111th United States Congress, as of July 9, 2009, the Senate version of the EFCA, S.560, had 40 cosponsors in addition to its sponsor (Edward M. Kennedy, D, MA).