Chapter 7 InQuizitive The Legislature

Committee chairs will pigeonhole a bill by never putting it on the committee agenda to be considered. @ True | |@ False Correct! Youeamed100points. * This is a potential step in the legislative E L process in which a bill is killed by the chair of the standing committee to which it was referred. Pigeonholing is often used to kill bills that are unpopular with the leadership of the legislature. Committee chairs will pigeonhole a bill by never putting it on the committee agenda to be considered. @ True | |@ False Correct! ~ Youeamed100points * This is a potential step in the legislative E L process in which a bill is killed by the chair of the standing committee to which it was referred. Pigeonhol s often used to kill bills that are unpopula the leadership of the legislature. Which of the following is the power of the executive to veto specific provisions of an appropriations bill passed by the legislature? veto pocket veto * post-adjournment veto ‘ @ line-item veto Using the line-item veto, the governoris el able to sign a bill and draw line through <l specific terms, thereby deleting them from the bill.

Place in order the following steps a bill must take before it becomes law. [ el | 1] I | Goodwork! Youearned back50 points. * This s the final step; the governor must sign a bill before it becomes law. If the bill is vetoed, it returns to the House and Senate where the veto can, with a two-thirds majority, be overridden. Study the following chart, and click on the year in which ideological polarization in the Texas House of Representatives was widest. FIGURE 7.2 Ideological Differences in the Texas House of Representatives More conservf [l § Nice job! You eamned 20 points. * The ideological divide was widerin 2018 than in any previous year, largely because Texas Republicans have become more conservative with Tea Party nce, and Texas DEOLOGY Democrats have become som: t more liberal. SCORE | If current trends persist, the partisan divide in the o Texas House of Representatives will only increase. Republicans While a veto threat is not a formal power of the governor, it is an important negotiating tool between the governor and the legislature for which reason? Correct! ~ Youeamed20, Overriding a veto risks a potentially costly political showdown with the governor. The fact that only two vetoes have been j ) overridden in the last seventy years @ Vetoes are notoriously difficult forthe | makes legislators more willing to legislature to overcome when in session and ‘ negotiate to include aspects that are important . . the governor in legislation. impossible to overcome when out of e gl ion. SE5l0 J

Prior to a Supreme Court case, Texas and many other southern states were required to get changes to election maps and election laws approved by the Department of Justice. What is the name of this case? ‘[C Shelby County v. Holder } Wesberry v. Sanders Great! You earned 60 points. * The opinion issued in Shelby Countyv. H [ Holder struck down the preclearance requirement that had required many states to have their changes in maps and election laws approved before implementation. Because of a long history of racial discrimination in elections and representation, Texas and many other states were required by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to get approval from the Justice Department before they could implement changes affecting elections and representation. The Texas legislature has become increasingly partisan in recent years. Grea i In many ways, from committee u l assignments to rules changes, the Texas legislature has become much more partisan than it was in years past [insert Fig 7.2]. Members of the Texas legislature receive a small annual salary and per diem while the legislature is in session but can receive a generous pension after ten years in office. @ True ‘ Correct! You earned 100 points. *+ Aretired legislator with 10 or more years fil in office eams a pension of about $32,200 per year. The annual salary paid to active officeholders in the Texas House is only $7,200. The retirement pension formula for legislators is directly tied to the salary of state district court judges as a percentage of their salary multiplied by the number of years of service.