Question 1

What is the main difference between a bill and a resolution?

Accepted Answer

Unlike a bill, a resolution, if passed, lacks the force of a public law

Question 2

For a bill that starts in the House the steps are:

Accepted Answer

1.) introduction, 2.) referral, 3.) consideration by standing committee, 4.) floor action, 5.) action by a conference committee and approval by both houses, 6.) and action by the governor.

Question 3

In the Texas legislature, the House has ________ members and the Senate has ________ members.

Accepted Answer

150;31

Question 4

Who has responsibility for redistricting the Texas delegation to the U.S. Congress?

Accepted Answer

The Texas Legislature

Question 5

In the Texas legislature, when a committee chair pigeonholes a bill, what happens?

Accepted Answer

The bill is set aside before it is ever discussed in committee.

Question 6

As in the U.S. Congress, what is the purpose of a conference committee in the Texas legislature?

Accepted Answer

It is a committee designed to make differing House and Senate versions of the same bill identical.

Question 7

One of the most notable effects of bicameralism in the Texas legislature is that it:

Accepted Answer

permits more opportunities to kill or significantly modify a bill.

Question 8

In Texas, why is a governor's post-adjournment veto so powerful?

Accepted Answer

It cannot be overturned by the legislature.

Question 9

The Legislative Redistricting Board has the authority to draw new districts if:

Accepted Answer

the legislature fails to redistrict in the first regular session

Question 10

There are certain rules that apply to the filibuster in the Texas Senate that are quite different from those in the U.S. Senate. Which of the following is NOT one of those rules?

Accepted Answer

There is one seven-minute bathroom break.

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