1. What do you remember the most about this experience? a. Attending a committee meeting and watching the process unfold right in front of my eyes. The Bill I chose to attend was Bill 5 AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program. It was interesting to see Senates asking tough questions to the pharmaceutical company speaker, whom only responses were, "I don't have the knowledge of that question". Also, the lawyer of Medicaid cabinet, who claimed they have a transparency system, yet, they continue to avoid answering the most important question of the bill, where did most the money go? And why haven't anyone from the cabinet attempted to resolve the issue before the hearing. It was an intense experience, more so than watched it on TV. 2. …show more content…
Describe three things you learned about legislative advocacy. a. Part of the lobbyist, advocate's job is to go knock on a Senate's office, and demanding they need to leave their office and attend the committee hearing, because it's important they vote (this happened during Bill 5 hearing). b. I disagreed with the person we spoke to instead of Senate Kerr, I believe both protesting and rally are efficient in having our voice heard, loud and clear. c. Politicians are great with their words, they'll have you agreeing with them, when you should be disagreeing. 4. Describe something you learned about yourself as a developing professional a. Asking the right questions or to be quick to come up with a counter question to ask. The person who we spoke to about our bill, told us Bill 38 has a "reason" why it hasn't move forward. He said, the definition of reasonable accommodations was not clearly defined. At the time I was not quick to counter his explanation, later on, I thought, I should've ask, if other 22 states and the District of Columbia and 4 cities were capable to adapted into their version of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, why hasn't Kentucky able to redefine and pass this bill to protection pregnant
In my opinion protesting is irrelevant and a waste of time depending on the topic. liberal yuppies are a waste of space everyone protesting Donald Trump is a yuppy and they all need to get a job. Teachers deserve better pay. Cows are great. If you do not like anything I just said here is a straw so you can suck it up. If you do not like my straw then here is some wood so you can build a bridge and get over it... or burn the bridge down which ever you
The road a bill takes to becoming a law is a long and tedious process. First, the proposed bill goes through the House of representatives. Once the bill has been approved by the House, it is then begins its journey through the Senate. After the bill has been endorsed by the Senate, the houses of congress then meet in conference committees to prepare the bill to be sent to the White House. To summarize, the path the bill takes to become a law is a fairly complex impediment.
Traditionally, the positive image of a company or a brand is very important in the contemporary world. As a result, the question of morality of each individual working within an organization is of a paramount importance. In such a situation there should be no exceptions from the rule and executives could not be in a privileged position. This is the desirable ideal many companies strive to achieve at least in a public eye. However, the reality turns to be quite different from what is expected and the analyzed case of an executive’s double standard is just another evidence of the fact that the real life is so complicated that the common rules, including moral
This all shows that many politicians don’t communicate with full truth. (Document
At first many were opposed to this idea including Rev. Will Campbell disagreed when he said, “John! You’re agreeing with everything everyone in this room is saying, but all you say is, ‘we’re gonna march.’ There’s apt to be some very serious violence if we have another demonstration. You agree with that, and still you say, ‘We’re gonna march.’ What it comes down to is that this is just a matter of pride to you.
Through protesting people can express their beliefs in a nonviolent way in order to raise awareness and possibly gain support from
Caress first argues that term limits do not “weaken the grip that special interest lobbyists ha[ve] on lawmaking.” Lobbyists’ jobs are to advocate the ideas of the American people; however lobbyists do not always act as the perfect voice for the people. Instead, lobbyists use money to the influence of
What are the main points of contention surrounding this issue? Be sure to thoroughly discuss contrasting perspectives and the underlying reasons explaining the different positions people take on this topic.
In this essay, I would like to reflect an online article on CBS News website, ‘‘Behind the closed doors of Washington Lobbyist” October 7,2012 by Sharyl Attkisson. According to Legal dictionary, ‘‘Lobbying is the process of influencing public and government policy at all levels: federal, state and local’’. This article describes how the lobbyist fingerprint are all over the bills coming from congress, the rules and regulation coming from the government. This means that they defeat bills and rules they don’t like or negatively affecting their clients while they promote and advocate the ones they like it. Thus, this article gives us a complete picture of the lobby business do its work in Washington DC.
Time and time again, politicians mislead voters by claiming to make changes once in office, but
For a bill to become a law it takes more than one step and more than one person deciding, it's not as easy as it seems. First, the legislation is introduced, and then you have the committee action, afterwards floor action, conference committee, the president, and then the bill becomes a law. Some bills will never make it through any of these processes but for those who really want their bill to pass, if they fight for it they just might get lucky. This paper will show you that it takes more than one person and is a long process. Through out this paper I will explain how a bill becomes a law so that you will have a better understanding of the process.
Anyone may draft a bill, which means an ordinary citizen can actually write a bill. Only members of Congress, however, can introduce legislation, and any of the congresspersons become sponsors. A bill can have anywhere from one sponsor to an entire party support. There are four general types of legislation; bills, joint resolutions (resolutions between both chambers but requires signing), concurrent resolutions (a joint resolution that does not require signing), and simple resolutions. The legislative process begins when a bill or resolution is numbered, (H.R. signifies a House bill and S. a Senate bill), referred to a committee, and printed by the Government Printing Office.
Legislative Advocates are an important part of the legislative process for businesses, organizations and groups. At the core, the purpose of legislative advocates is to speak to the government on behalf of their employer. Even though that seems basic, the duties of legislative advocates go further than that as they are responsible for the identification, monitoring and communicating about any legislative activity that affects or may affect their employer. This means that those who fulfill this role must keep up-to-date on local, state and federal legislation for both pending as well as proposed activity. They also are responsible for researching and analyzing information on a range of activity and findings that may or do concern their employer.
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. said it the best in his speech to the Text & Teaching Symposium, "We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans." Justice Brennan also called the Constitution a fundamentally public text and called for its use to resolve public issues. If that is true, then the document must be interpreted from today's perspective - Judicial Activism. However, using only that approach would be saying that the work of the original framers was mute. This document is over two hundred years old and still very relevant to today's society. In my opinion, the court needs to find a fine line between activism and restraint or intentionalism
In this essay we will discuss the process of legal research, writing, and analysis. The subject matter will be presented in a clear, concise and objective manner. The textbook that we will be referencing is "Gilbert Law Summaries: Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis" 10th ed, BarBri Group, 2006.