Texas House Committees

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.

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

Anwesh Man Baisyat Professor Sharifian Texas Government 10/26/2017 The Campaign There is not an exact amount on how much it costs to run for office in Texas. The amount of money we spend does not guarantee us votes. What really matters is the amount of support we can get from people or interest groups that reside in the area that we are running in. There are some campaigns that “were run by people we have probably never heard of” (Essig). In the 2016 election, Juan “Chuy” Hinojsoa running for Texas Senate, District 20 spent $435,471.91 and managed to accumulate 131,973 votes. This means the cost of one vote for him was $3.30. While another candidate, Joshua Rohn who was also running for Texas Senate from District 13 spent no

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

“Coat-tail” election -. This is when the president’s races coincides with the elections that are being run in congress, and the party that the president belongs too will more than likely gain more seats in Congress because the new president that was just elected was also a member of that party. The president-elect was elected because he has shared his vision for the direction that he wants the country to go in, which in turn makes the people that voted for his party for president also vote for the same party congressman. For example, president-elect trump won the white house he is a republican, because of this the house and the senate are now in the majority by republicans.

Both houses of Congress contain numerous committees that have, in some cases, extensive influence over the legislation that is passed in the United States. Each house contains multiple types of committees, with certain committees containing both House and Senate members. The various committee types also have different levels of impact over legislation. For example, both houses have their own standing committees, which remain in place over multiple terms of Congress, recommend legislation to their own houses from the other house, draft bills that they pass on for debate to their house, and determine how existing laws should be enforced. Standing committees have the largest amount of power over which bills enter the general House or Senate for

Suraj Khatri Professor Sherry Sharifian Government 1302 01 October 2017 Run for the Texas House of Representatives I would like to run for Texas House of Representatives. My district number is 105 and Mr Rodney Anderson represents my district. The total population of my district is 175,728 (District Population). Out of 175,728 population, there are 61,226 Anglos, 22,257 Blacks, 79,585 Hispanics, and others (District Population). This district consists of 7% population of whole Dallas (District Population). 1 The highest population in terms of age is between the 18-64 years age group which is 63.4% (114,466) of total population. 2 The population of age group 5- 17 years and 65 years and above is 19.3% (34,799) and 8.8 % (15,931) respectively (TEXAS HOUSE). 8.5% (15,279) of total percent of district population is 0-4 years old which is the least population (TEXAS HOUSE).

After looking at the history of the Robert F. Kennedy Case Study the OD Design shows the characteristics of a Special Interest case. Unfortunately, identified as a school population of over 1200 students, inner-city school, and a staff that is out of order, the reconstruction is high based upon a conflict of policy. Schmuck (2012) defined “Special-interest designs commence with a focus on a specific social or educational problem or challenge—for example, restructuring a management team, consolidation or redistricting boundaries of a school district, or developing interdisciplinary curricula” (p. 67). One assumption is based upon the exhibit one and two. The diversity within the administration is incomplete, which doesn’t cover the size

Currently the person nominated to be the director of education not only has no experience at all in education, but has no basic understanding of how public schools work. Our public schools are so important and so often neglected by the government already that it would be a shame should someone get nominated who is uneducated about them and uncaring about what their struggles are. A woman who thinks that grizzly bear attacks are a real and pressing issue in public schools, who wants to defund special education programs nationwide with no regard for the support those families need. This is the woman who our sitting president has put forward, and often the question is why. Why nominate her at all? The answer is simple and highlights a serious problem, which is, the only reason she was nominated was due to her contributions to his campaign. Not for her experience of her knowledge but because of how much money she handed

Kerlin Diaz Government 2306 Professor Sherry Sharifian May 2, 2018 When You Win. SLO #3 In my campaign it is important to have a connection and to be supported by other committees because I will be serving with them and having same ideas is a good opportunity. For me to have a strong support of them I have to agree with almost all of their options which in this case I agree with most of their decisions, it makes my decision easier. I have decided to work with three of these communities. Those three are: 1) Agriculture, water & Rural Affairs, 2) Education and 3) Health & Human Services.

Darshita Patel Professor Sharifian Govt 2306-71426 29 October 2017 Importance of a Successful Campaign Money plays an important role in running a successful campaign for the office in Texas. Candidates spend a hefty amount to get a seat in the office. The amount spent on state elections is relatively lower than presidential elections, as presidential elections take place at national level. Candidates get money through campaign fundraisers. But money doesn’t always play a deciding role in who wins the election. It is true that “a candidate entering a general election contest with better name recognition or the right party affiliation for that district didn’t have to spend much money at all” (Essig et al). Funds are needed to run a

Priyanka Ayer Professor Sharifian Govt 2306 18th Nov 2017 Three Committee I would Govern "The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the only legitimate object of good government."(Thomas Jefferson). A good government take care of their citizen and provide better service and life so that they can be happy. To function government properly, the branches of government should function properly. The Federal government depends upon the State and the State depend upon the local government. Local government are the ones who have the authority to work on the grassroots level as they are more connected to the local people and they are the ones who knows what can be done to make people happy. To properly function the local government, law making bodies and committees are formed. These committees are more connected to people in their region and there are several committees who work for the problem of the society. As I see in the State of Texas where I live, there are three most problems we face in daily life. First, the problem of Transportation where even the biggest city as Dallas that has so many highways but yet the public transpiration which is worse than other cities and county. Second is the poverty rate, the poverty rate of Texas is 17.6% and the Dallas city poverty rate is 30% which is very high. Similarly, Dallas crime rate which has rose by 30% in 2016. So, to solve these problems, I would like to work in there Texas committees of the House and

Kajal Puri Sherry Sharifian Government 2306 10-01-2017 I live in 3133 West Walnut hill Lane Irving, 75038 and It falls in district 16. 1 I would like to run for Texas senate and the senator of my district is Don huffiness. It has a total population of 846,307 of which people from age group 0-4 are 61,086 in number, the people of age group 5-17 are 144,760, the people of age group 18-64 are 557,140 and 83,321 are the people of age group 65 and over. The data shows that the people of age group 18-64 has the highest population in comparison to the other age group. Similarly, in terms of education 216,508 is the total population of age 3 and over enrolled in school and 562,810 is the total population of the people age 25 and over. The

Kajal Puri Sherry Sharifian Government 2306 01 Dec 2017 Among a large number of people, a committee is a group of specific people who are chosen with the purpose of performing specific task. They are the one who are trusted by many other people. They hold a lot of responsibilities. They need to know what is happening on the sectors they are working, they need to see if their people are having any problem related to any issues and if yes, they should work on solving those problems. Winning an election is an achievement as it makes us unique among the mass. But more than that what really matters is asking our self a question, “Are we ready for the responsibilities that we need to carry after being elected?’’ If the answer is yes,

Shishir Acharya Government 2306-71003 Professor Sharifian 30 October 2017 Road to an Election Running for a Texas Senate is a challenging job. At first, you must win a primary election and get nominated from a party which you are affiliated to. After that, there comes a general election where you must fight against the other party’s nominees. In this campaign, a strong financial support is required. Candidates use their half of budget to gain voters by boosting media supports and spends other half to make voters aware about their party’s motto. The amount of money varies with different candidates. 1 “The amount a candidate spends per vote is based on three variables: how much a candidate fundraises, how much a candidate spends