How does the governor's ability to call a special session give them leverage to shape legislation? to give legislators fewer bills to consider during a session to prepare senators and representatives for future legislative sessions to motivate legislators to concentrate on specific issues to force senators and representatives to pass specific legislation

What is an ad hoc committee? an informal subcommittee formed within a standing committee a joint committee established to resolve differences between bills a committee formed to consider bills when the legislature is not in session a committee established to study specific issues

Who elects the Texas Speaker of the House? the governor the lieutenant governor house members committee chairs

What is a power of the Texas House of Representatives? trying a case issuing pardons granting immunity impeaching the governor

What is one primary function of the Texas Legislature? to provide a forum for parties with conflicting goals to enforce laws created by the members of the house to approve bills proposed by the judiciary to increase the governor's executive power

What is one reason incumbents are frequently reelected? Challengers are always less likely to win the youth vote. Challengers do not request the help of lobbyists. Voters are more likely to recognize the names of incumbents. Interest groups are less likely to support incumbents.

.What is the term length for Texas legislators? Senators serve two-year terms and house members serve one-year terms. House members serve four-year terms and senators serve six-year terms. House members serve four-year terms and senators serve two-year terms. Senators serve four-year terms and house members serve two-year terms.

How frequently is Texas redistricted? every 20 years every ten years every five years every 25 years

What is one primary function of the Texas Legislature? to enforce policy created by the judiciary to increase the power of the governor to represent the interests of multiple groups to interpret the application of laws

What entity establishes procedures for making laws? a petition a veto a constitution a recall

Hot Questions

Based on the excerpt from Aquinas's Summa Theologica, which of the following statements are characteristics of the dialectical method of the scholastic philosophers? Check all that apply. Aquinas saw scholasticism as a process of rejecting old ideas entirely. Aquinas felt that reason could address spiritual truths,unaided by faith. D Aquinas resolves the matter by a close criticism of each opposition. Aquinas felt that the natural mind could identify truths of the material world, unaided by faith.

Which law of logic is similar to the transitive property? The Law of Syllogism The Law of Logical Conclusions The Law of Detachment

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What is a reflection of the anxiety felt by Christians that Christ was returning in the year 1000? The Last Judgement seen over church doorways. The Reformation and the splitting of the church. The aggressive copies of religious manuscripts. The Iconoclastic Controversy

We learned previously about the filibuster in the Senate, which allows any individual senator the right to unlimited debate This is used as a delaying tactic to kill a bill that a senator is opposed to. It takes three-fifths of the Senate to stop a filibuster. If there are 100 senators, how many senators are required to stop a filibuster? $\square $

Turning in a lost wallet filled with money (and no ID) is NOT a good example of a situation that would reveal the moral/ethical level of a character (as defined by Aristotle) because a) money is never moral or ethical b) there is no mortal danger c) because there is no moral ambiguity-it is the right thing to do d) none of these

8. Jainism formed out of discontent for what other religion? Buddhism Christianity Islam Hinduism

Interest groups participate in the political process with all three branches of government. True False

The king has the "mandate of heaven" Select one: a. if he is deposed from his throne. b. if the nation is in a state of depression and the subjects hate him. c. if the nation is enjoying prosperity and the subjects love him. d. if the nation is constantly at war and its population is slowly dying.

5. Fill in the blank:A key aspect of the CIA triad is ensuring that only __ can access specific assets. authorized users business competitors social media sites internet providers