American Government
1st EditionGlen Krutz
412 solutions
Government in America: Elections and Updates Edition
16th EditionGeorge C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, Robert L. Lineberry
269 solutions
American Corrections
11th EditionMichael D. Reisig, Todd R. Clear
160 solutions
Criminal Justice in America
9th EditionChristina Dejong, Christopher E. Smith, George F Cole
105 solutions
Recommended textbook solutionsAmerican Government
1st EditionGlen Krutz
412 solutions
American Corrections
11th EditionMichael D. Reisig, Todd R. Clear
160 solutions
Government in America: Elections and Updates Edition
16th EditionGeorge C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, Robert L. Lineberry
269 solutions
Criminal Justice in America
9th EditionChristina Dejong, Christopher E. Smith, George F Cole
105 solutions
Presiding officer of the House:
-The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.
-The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S Constitution.
-The Speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives, and is simultaneously the House's presiding officer, de facto leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head.
-Speakers also perform
various other administrative and procedural functions.
-The Speaker usually does not personally preside over debates. That duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority party.
-Neither does the Speaker regularly participate in floor debates nor vote.
Presiding officer of the Senate:
-The Presiding Officer of the United States Senate is the person who presides over the United States Senate and
-is charged with maintaining order and decorum,
-recognizing
members to speak
-Interpreting the Senate's rules, practices, and precedents.
-Senate presiding officer is a role, not an actual office.
The actual role is usually performed by one of three officials: the Vice President; an elected United States Senator; or, in special cases, the Chief Justice. Outside the constitutionally mandated roles, the actual appointment of a person to do the job of presiding over the Senate as a body is governed by Rule I of the Standing Rules.
Commitee
System:
-A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress). -Committee membership enables members to develop specialized knowledge of the matters under their jurisdiction.
-As "little legislatures", the committees
-monitor ongoing governmental operations,
-identify issues suitable for legislative review,
-gather and evaluate information, and
-recommend courses
of action to their parent body. Woodrow Wilson once wrote, "it is not far from the truth to say that Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee rooms is Congress at work."[1] It is neither expected nor possible that a member of Congress be an expert on all matters and subject areas that come before Congress.[2] Congressional committees provide valuable informational services to Congress by investigating and reporting about specialized subjects.
Committee
powers:
Powers are granted to committees either through the Standing Orders or by order of the House. Committees may act only in conformity with the powers they have been given.