Legislatures

Legislatures Today and Vermont State House Visiting the Vermont State House seems to be an exercise in finding order in chaos. What I am sure is the methodical adherence to a complicated set of rules seems to an outsider like me to be madness. The following are a few observations of what I saw in relation to Squire and Moncrief’s book State Legislatures Today. First, Squire and Moncrief note that in 2014 Vermont’s legislature was at least one third women, which was higher than the national average

The Michigan legislature has been considering an iGaming bill that may result in Michigan being the next US state to implement iGaming. While iGaming would be a new step for Michigan, the state already has some experience with forms of gaming on the internet. Michigan was one of the first states to implement an iLottery, and it proved to be a popular venture. Over 276,000 residents of Michigan have opened iLottery accounts and hundreds of thousands of tickets are sold per day through the iLottery

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? The Texas Legislature should continue to serve as part-time lawmaking bodies. This has been this way for over 137 years, and has become tradition. There are several reasons why it is a better idea to keep the part-time lawmaking. People fear that if they start meeting in regular

The US should stick with a bicameral legislature as opposed to moving to a unicameral legislature. The advantages of a bicameral legislature surpasses those of a unicameral legislature. A bicameral legislature allows for one chamber to be closer to its constituents. In addition, a bicameral legislature allows house and senate members to have distinct jobs which distributes the workload instead of putting it all in the hands of a single chamber. It also makes it so that it is less likely for a flawed

Good morning everyone. Today I will be covering David Docherty’s book Legislatures. The work covers various aspects of the functions, procedures and evolution of Canadian legislatures, both provincial and federal. The analysis undertaken by Docherty, as expressed in his own words, constitutes an audit of the existing legislatures and their procedures as they have historically operated as well as in their modern iterations. Docherty’s analysis, broadly speaking, is an investigation into how internal

Though the representation of women in national legislatures has been thoroughly studied, there has been relatively little research dedicated to women’s representation in subnational institutions (as Vengroff, Nyiri, and Fugiero note in “Electoral System and Gender Representation in Sub-National Legislatures”). This is unfortunate, as women have been shown to tend to take on different roles in legislatures than men; for example, women often tend to focus on issues described by one author as “children’s

The first Texas Legislature met in 1846 and has only had a few changes. It is a bicameral legislature that has two chambers which include the Texas Senate, with 31 senators and the House of Representatives, with 151 House members. The responsibility of the legislators includes promoting their constituent’s concerns and issues by addressing them during the sessions. The Texas Legislature meets once every two years regular sessions of 140 days. However, there are times when it is necessary for the

Although studies have shown that the key differences between the U.S. Congress and the California legislature is causing the California legislature to become a weaker body, Political scientists believe that these two bodies can still create a major impact for our government by making decisions on how to boom up the economy. These eight differences between the two bodies are proving society that individuals can lead a proper lifestyle today by passing laws that will improve our water supply, agriculture

What affects how efficient a legislature is? The concept of legislative efficiency is defined as the extent to which legislature exhibits the characteristic of organization and competency and is measured by comparing the trustworthiness, and political efficacy of a country. Efficiency is a fundamental element to results in life. Organizations and processes need to optimize their solutions, in comparison to the problems they are confronted with, so that they can continue to be competitive, and

A Full-Time or Part-Time Legislature Name Institutional affiliation A full time legislature is a legislature where the members consider their jobs as being full time. The members are well paid and committees are well staffed. Legislators meet for the most part of the year and are paid as full time employees. Their extended time in office and the ability to devote their time to issues allows them to perform their duties more effectively. A full time legislature allows adequate time for debate