Trials in the Senate of the Philippines By: ATTY. AMADO F. MARALIT‚ LLM‚ MPA‚ CEO VI Senate Parliamentary Counsellor A Project of: PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION BUREAU INFORMATION Senate of the Philippines P age |2 1. What should the Senate do upon receipt of articles of impeachment? Upon receipt of articles of impeachment: a) The Senate shall specify the date and time for the consideration of such articles.1 b) The Senate President shall inform the House that the Senate shall take proper
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GOVT 2305 Test 2 Review 1. 3. A filibuster is a tactic in the legislative process sometimes used in the U.S. Senate by opponents of a bill to block its passage. 4. Closing of a debate in senate. 5. A committee of a legislative house that determines the rules and procedure for expediting the business of the house and has the power to control the date and nature of debate of a proposed bill. 6. Permanent committee: a committee that remains in existence permanently in order to deal with
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Voting Rights Act of 1965. 5. How many members are there in the House of Representatives and Senate and what are their terms of office ? House Senate 6. Explain the main reasons why Congressional incumbents almost always win re-election. 7. Describe the typical demographic characteristics of members of Congress. 8. List three main powers of the House of Representatives. a. b. c. 9. List two main powers of the Senate. a. b. 10. Describe four examples of Congressional oversight. a. b. c. d. 11. Explain the
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The Legislative Branch consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives‚ which is called “Congress.” The Legislative Branch (Congress) alone has the power to declare war and make laws. The House of Representatives has specific powers the Senate does not‚ including the power to impeach government officials‚ impose revenue bills‚ and to elect the President in the event of a tie in the Electoral College. The Senate also has exclusive powers‚ including the power to ratify treaties and accept appointments
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States‚ which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Congress has the ultimate authority for enacting new laws. A Bicameral legislature is how congress is organized it is made up of two separate chambers‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives. The H.O.R are elected by the people of the United States and each state gets at least 1 seat in the House and based upon the population of the state that determines how many seats a state occupies. In the Senate seats are equally represented
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’Id rather be a senator than a member of the house of representatives’ Both houses need each other in order to function as they are both part of the legislative branch of government however there are many arguments to suggest that senate is more prestigious that the house of representatives. American citizens see a lot more pride in their senator as they represent the entire state not just a small region within it. For example Representative Joe Baca represents a single congressional region
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bribery‚ or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The removal of an official from office requires an impeachment from the House of Representatives and a trial and conviction by the Senate. The House must endorse a majority vote in order to carry out the impeachment‚ meanwhile conviction requires a two-thirds vote by the Senate. The vice president
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The Congress contains the Senate and the House of Representatives‚ which have different election serving terms. The way the Congress and Supreme Court Justices are selected differ‚ one by the president and the other by popular vote. The President nominates both federal judges and Supreme Court Justices‚ and then the Senate appoints both. The President consults a representative of the state that has a federal judge vacancy‚ then submits the state’s nomination for the Senate Judiciary Committee. (“How
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A filibuster is a unique strategy that the senate uses in order to take a piece of legislation and literally talk it to death with an unlimited amount of time. During this filibuster the senator can speak as long as he wants‚ but he must be talking the entire time and not allowing others to speak‚ which is called holding or yielding the floor. Continuing on from the previous paragraph‚ Smith takes his bill proposal to the Senate floor‚ trying to clear his name and to pass the bill that
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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. <br> <br>Now to begin‚ the
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