Texas House Committees

The Texas Legislature members cannot hold another official government office. In addition, the members must meet specific criteria such as voter status, citizenship, and district residence. Although all the large criteria required in order to become a member, millions of Texas residents occupy these legal qualifications. Biographical data, however, has advised that numerous individuals recent to Texas Legislatures have informal qualifications which are restricting opportunities for election.

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 my analysis of the Texas Constitution I will assess the three branches of our State Government, the Legislative Branch, Executive Branch and finally the Judicial Branch. Our State Government resembles our National Government in various ways but also in very different ways which we will review in this essay. I will identify a handful of criticisms and problems associated with the provisions in each of these branches of our State Government and identify suggested reforms that many feel are needed.

Aashish Aman Professor Sharifian Govt 2306 29 September 2017 Texas House Representative According to Texas House of Representative, My district number is 105 as I am living in Irving and the name of Representative is Rodney Anderson. According to the district profile, the population of district is 180,475 where the people of age 18 to 64 years are dominant than other age group. Moreover, talking about the education, people often goes to preschool, elementary school up to 12th grade and after that most of them drop their studies which seem to be like less number of graduates in the district. Therefore there are less number of well-educated groups of people live over here as stated in district profile. Further moving on, when we talk

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.

Pascal Bakari Professor Sherry Sharifian TX Government (GOVT 2306-71001) 19th November 2017 Assignment 3: When You Win SLO #3 If I were elected in the Texas House of Representatives to represent my district, district 115, I plan to serve on the Economic & Small Business Development Committee, the Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, and the Public Education Committee. 2 In the Texas legislature, there are procedural and substantive committees. Procedural committees are influential in the legislative process as they regulate the operations and functioning of the house.

The midterm elections in Texas were something very big this year. This year was the year that the current governor, Rick Perry, would not seek a fourth term. Greg Abbott, real name, Gregory Wayne Abbott, won the midterm election for governor and will take office in January 20, 2015.

For this project, we had to know our district and who is representing us on the house and state senate. 2 The Texas US Senators are Senator John Cornyn and Senator Ted Cruz. The Congress District 12 is represented be Congressman Kay Granger from the Republican Party since 1996. The Congress District 12 is Gerrymander. According to the Kaygranger.house.gov states, “Congressman Kay Granger is representing the total population of 728,142 according to the census of 2010 where 66.5 percent are Anglos, African Americans 6.1 percent, Hispanics 23.7 percent and other 3.9 percent. Kay Granger was elected as a Congressman for the 10th consecutive time as a member of the Republican Party. Congress District 12 is evenly distrusted in terms of male and female population; 50.6 percentage of female and 49.4 percentage of the male. With the median household income of 62,214 per annum. Congress district 12 is considered pretty wealthy district with unemployment rat just under 9 percent. Furthermore, Congress district 12 was voted the most loveable are in the country in 2004 which has a strong education system with 88.0 percentage of High School Rate of Graduation and 29.9 percentage of bachelor’s degree or higher”.

In order to become a member of the Texas state legislature, there are certain demands that must be met. A senator, for example, must be twenty-six or older, a U.S. citizen,

The primary function of this committee is on sector of agriculture, horticulture and farm industry. 3 It also works on the development and preservation of forest, regulation, control and promotion of lumber industry. It also actively functions in “providing rural economic development and the provision of and access to infrastructure, education, and health services” (http://www.house.state.tx.us/committees/committee/?committee=C020). This committee also works with different agencies such as the Texas Animal Health Commission, the State Soil and Water Conservation Board

In this essay I will compare and contrast the different legislative agendas of various interest groups involved with the Texas Government. An interest group (also called an advocacy group, lobbying group, pressure group, or special interest) is a collection of members that are determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected. The essay will discuss the four kinds of interest groups, trade, professional, single and public, as well as provide one detailed example of each type. It includes examples from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, Texas AFT, MADD and TexPIRG interest groups, which are just a few of the many groups in existence out, but it provides an idea of what different types of

Gaurav Sharma Professor Sherry Sharifian Texas Government 2306 SLO#3 April 24, 2017 Local Control in Texas In Texas, there are very many functional Interest groups and lobbyists that operate effectively influencing the policy-making processes. The Interest groups and lobbyists are in close association with policy-makers whereby they act as negotiators of democracy to the citizens who cannot reach the legislatures (Texas Vox: 1). This has impacted local control in Texas greatly. However, the nature of laws that have been passed recently in Texas shows that the policy-makers are diverging from interest from the citizens and favoring individual groups and companies. The following essay will address the impact depicted by Interest groups and lobbyists

The role of an interest group in the United States and/or Texas political system is

As I am running for a Texas House of Representative, the agendas that I have set was to consider social issues such as terrorism, health or mental sufferings and environmental degradation. My reach of contribution to the society and campaign endorsement through a celebrity figure adds up to a positive result. If my campaign becomes successful and I get elected, then the three committees that I would serve would be Criminal Jurisprudence, Human Services, and Environmental Regulation.

Afifah Mazhar GOVT-2306-71001 Professor Sharifian 29 October 2017 Running for Rep In my previous essay I discussed that I would be running for district 115 (R-Irving), for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives during the 2019 election. I talked about the what, the why, and the when about my running. (The what being what my platform is, why being why I am running, and when being when I plan on running.) In this essay I will address the how, I will explain my plans and the process I will take to get elected.