The Senate and bills going through committee
April 28th 2010 17:57
The senate also uses committees and they are also broken into
sub-committees. Just like congressmen/women, many senators serve on more
than one committee, just like Senator Lamar Alexander from Tennessee.
Senator Alexander currently serves on the Appropriations Committee,
Committee on Budget, Environment and Public Works, the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions as well as the Committee on Rules
and Administration. As written above committees just like in Congress,
the senate committees are broken down into subcommittees. An example is
the committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, this committee is
broken down into 5 Subcommittees; there is the Subcommittee on Domestic
and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health,
Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Hunger,
Nutrition, and Family Farms, Subcommittee on Production, Income
Protection and Price Support and the Subcommittee on Rural
Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit .
Just like Congress the Senate also holds hearings to decide on a course
of action such as if legislation is necessary, or should a bill be sent
to the floor for debate and or political appointments. The hearing that
most of us are following today, April 27, 2010 is the testimony of the
executive's investigation of Goldman Sachs and is there a need for a
financial reform bill. They can and do call witnesses to testify. The
biggest issue being reviewed by the senate that supports what I am
saying, is the financial reform bill and looking into Goldman Sachs
Group's activities with the housing market. "Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
executives were grilled by U.S. senators probing the bank's mortgage
business as Senator Carl Levin asked why it sold a set of investments
the lender had itself labeled "shifty"" (Shenn & Moore, 2010). Another
example of senate committees on passing information's is judicial
appointments and Supreme Court Justices. "Senate Republicans are
preparing to use the upcoming hearings to explore what they say is the
expanded role of government under the Obama presidency, the top
Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee told ABC News (Klein,
2010)." The committee then votes to see if the bill is referred to the
full senate. The same happens for either a judicial appointment or
cabinet member's nomination.
Here is a site that shows the senate committees and who serves on each
committee -
Really Long Link
House and Senate committees listed -
Really Long Link
References:
Shenn J., & Moore, M. J. (2010) retrieved on April 27th, 2010 from
Really Long Link
ate-hearing-over-mortgage-bus iness.html
Klein, R., (2010) retrieved
Really Long Link
promote-agenda/story?id=10482 549
There is still more information about How a bill becomes law so we will
look into the procedures of the House and the Senate.
sub-committees. Just like congressmen/women, many senators serve on more
than one committee, just like Senator Lamar Alexander from Tennessee.
Senator Alexander currently serves on the Appropriations Committee,
Committee on Budget, Environment and Public Works, the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions as well as the Committee on Rules
and Administration. As written above committees just like in Congress,
the senate committees are broken down into subcommittees. An example is
the committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, this committee is
and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health,
Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Hunger,
Nutrition, and Family Farms, Subcommittee on Production, Income
Protection and Price Support and the Subcommittee on Rural
Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit .
Just like Congress the Senate also holds hearings to decide on a course
of action such as if legislation is necessary, or should a bill be sent
to the floor for debate and or political appointments. The hearing that
most of us are following today, April 27, 2010 is the testimony of the
executive's investigation of Goldman Sachs and is there a need for a
financial reform bill. They can and do call witnesses to testify. The
biggest issue being reviewed by the senate that supports what I am
saying, is the financial reform bill and looking into Goldman Sachs
Group's activities with the housing market. "Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
executives were grilled by U.S. senators probing the bank's mortgage
the lender had itself labeled "shifty"" (Shenn & Moore, 2010). Another
example of senate committees on passing information's is judicial
appointments and Supreme Court Justices. "Senate Republicans are
preparing to use the upcoming hearings to explore what they say is the
expanded role of government under the Obama presidency, the top
Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee told ABC News (Klein,
2010)." The committee then votes to see if the bill is referred to the
full senate. The same happens for either a judicial appointment or
cabinet member's nomination.
Here is a site that shows the senate committees and who serves on each
committee -
Really Long Link
House and Senate committees listed -
Really Long Link
References:
Shenn J., & Moore, M. J. (2010) retrieved on April 27th, 2010 from
Really Long Link
ate-hearing-over-mortgage-bus iness.html
Klein, R., (2010) retrieved
Really Long Link
promote-agenda/story?id=10482 549
There is still more information about How a bill becomes law so we will
look into the procedures of the House and the Senate.
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