Essay On Texas State Senate

In contrast, the Texas State Senate has its focus on the Upper House of the Texas State Legislature. The Senate consists of 31 members, who represent single-member districts settled in Texas. The latest studies confirm that each individual district has an average of 806.000 civilians. Each term a member serves last for four years. Similarly, to the House, the senate has no term limits. The person who leads the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. The Lieutenant Governor is considered to many to be more influential. In 2013, the 83rd Legislative Session occurred and six new senators were added to the

Sujita K C Government 2306-71001 Professor Sherry Sherifian 28 September 2017 Running for Texas Senate The government of Texas is composed of entire democratic state government.

Rubesh Phaiju Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2306-71003 28 November 2017 Committees Texas House of Representative consists of many committees which are working for the development of society and the people. Some of the committees which I would consider, if elected are Opioids & Substance Abuse Select Committee, Business & Industry Committee and Economic & Small Business Development Committee.

In Summary, Democrats and Republicans are very different in various aspects. Their opinions are black and white, very opposite. There are not many things that Democrats and Republicans agree on politically. Democrats are more different than similar.

During the 2016 Texas Senate General Election, District 20:” Incumbent Juan Hinojosa defeated Velma A. Arellano in the Texas State Senate District 20 general election.”-ballotpedia

1.  Should the Texas Legislature continue to serve as a part-time lawmaking body, only meeting in regular session for 140 days every two years, or should it change to a full-time body meeting in regular session each year?

Presiding Officers are the highest officers and leaders of an organized group such as a board committee, or deliberative assembly. For the Texas Senate, the presiding officer is Lieutenant Governor. As Lieutenant Governor, they are a Hybrid Official with a 4 year term. They are elected in a partisan statewide election and they get paid $7,200 annually. The current Lieutenant Governor of Texas, is Dan Patrick (42nd). Dan Patrick is a Republican and a Baptist. He is also a radio talk show host. For the Texas House of Representatives, the presiding officer is the Speaker of the House. The Speaker of the House serves a 2 year term, is an elected member of the TX House and is selected by members of the House. The current Speaker of the House is Joe Straus.

The formal qualifications for both parties are to be a U.S. citizen, register voter, and one year of residency in the district. The formal qualifications for Texas House of Representatives are twenty-one years old and two year resident of the state. For Texas Senate, you have to be twenty-six years old and five years resident of the state. Informal qualifications for both parties are being a Republican, be the dominant race in the district, be a lawyer, and have access to a large amount of money (32 - 41). Texas House representatives have two year terms, as the Texas Senate representatives have four year terms.

Paying them only about $7,200 per year, Texas has what is known as a citizen legislature. They work for 140+ days every other year(depending on whether or not a special session is called), and have to try to get everything done in that limited amount of time. They do not get paid much, and cannot rely on being a legislator for a steady source of income. They have to be someone that is well off, have a flexible work schedule, and have other sources of income. Due to all of these requirements, the Texas legislature does not accurately reflect the demographics of the state of Texas.

Sadiksha Shrestha Professor Sherry Sharifian GOVT-2306-71001 26 Sept. 2017 I am running for Texas State Senate from District 16 for the upcoming election. For 2014 Texas State Senate election the candidates were Don Huffines and Mike Dooling. There were no representatives from my party for the election of 2014, hence this year I have decided to represent my political party to serve the people of Texas. Mike Dooling was an amazing candidate, who is a libertarian representative, but he did not appear for the general election. Don Huffines won the general election without any opposition. The map of our district was gerrymandered to benefit some special groups. For this election, I would like to stand up against Senator Huffines to

One significant issue in the Republican Party is Audit in the Federal Reserve. The Republican Party supports it because the Federal Reserve's monetary policy actions affect both inflation and economic activity, which should be transparent. One significant issue in the Democratic Party is outsourcing healthcare. Democrats believe that the government should take care of all its people's health care (Eleanor, 2015).

We all know that The United States is very well known for its two political party systems, Republican and democrats, these two parties constantly compete with each other. They both try to promote their political ideas, and in constant search to defeat one another in political system. Beside the fact that these both are political parties their views are different, however they still find ways to agree on a lot of political issues and ready to work together on some extant and try to work closely. However the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties on major issues like taxes, government role on public, Social Security, Medicare, immigration, and healthcare. These two parties are major face of political statue in United States but both parties are completely different in their

Hello fellow colleagues, my name is Dany Khayat, and it is my pleasure to represent the great 2nd district of the state of Wisconsin. I value myself as a credible, hardworking man whose main goal is to fight for what the people want. I also am looking forward to representing the district as a thoughtful and organized delegate. As a delegate I intend on representing this district on behalf of its people and what each one of them stand for. I will continue to believe that this district will always be at the top of its abilities as it has been for the last couple of decades or so.

The political beliefs behind the party Divergent may be considered contradicting, but will have a set of rules behind each issue. For example, the issue and beliefs on abortion. Women should have the choice based only on the situation of rape. The woman did not choose to become raped she has the choice to not have the child, however they will still be pushed to have the baby and will be given options for after the child is born but the sole decision is up to the women. People do not understand the amount of traumatic stress a rape can

Additionally, I discuss the similarities and differences as well as issues and accomplishments of both the Democratic and Republican Parties.