Government in the United States, National, State and Local

Name: Government in the United States, National, State and Local
Author: Garner, James Wilford

Garner, James Wilford

United States -- Politics and government

=References.=--BEARD, American Government and Politics, ch. xiv.
     BRYCE, The American Commonwealth (abridged edition), chs. xiii-xv.
     HART, Actual Government, ch. xiv. HARRISON, This Country of Ours,
     ch. iii. REINSCH, American Legislatures and Legislative Methods,
     ch. i.

     =Documentary and Illustrative Material.=--1. The Congressional
     Directory. 2. The House and Senate Rules. 3. Precedents of the
     House of Representatives, published as a public document in 1909.
     4. The Congressional Record. 5. Specimen copies of bills and
     resolutions. 6. The last annual message of the President. 7. Copies
     of committee reports. 8. Veto messages of the President. 9.
     Diagrams of the house and senate chambers.


RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. Why are rules of procedure necessary in legislative bodies?

2. For what purpose does the Constitution require each house to keep a
journal of its proceedings?

3. Which do you think the better practice, the American rule, by which
each house of Congress settles election contests of its own members, or
the English rule, which places that power in the hands of the courts?

4. What is the reason for allowing a small number of members of each
house to compel the attendance of absent members?

9. Do you think it would be a wise provision to permit the members of
the cabinet to occupy seats in Congress without the right to vote?

10. Trace a bill through Congress, showing the various stages through
which it must pass before becoming a law.

11. Of what committees is your representative a member? Is he chairman
of any committee?

12. Do you think the minority party should be given a larger
representation on the committees of Congress and larger privileges of
debate?

13. Give the names of the five most distinguished speakers of the house
of representatives since 1789.

14. Why is debate more effective in the senate than in the house of
representatives?

15. Which of the two houses exerts the greater influence in determining
national legislation? Give your reasons.

16. What are some of the so-called "usurped" powers now exercised by the
senate?




CHAPTER XII

FEDERAL FINANCE, TAXATION, AND MONEY

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Government in the United States, National, State and Local

Garner, James Wilford

United States -- Politics and government

=References.=--BEARD, American Government and Politics, ch. xiv.
     BRYCE, The American Commonwealth (abridged edition), chs. xiii-xv.
     HART, Actual Government, ch. xiv. HARRISON, This Country of Ours,
     ch. iii. REINSCH, American Legislatures and Legislative Methods,
     ch. i.

     =Documentary and Illustrative Material.=--1. The Congressional
     Directory. 2. The House and Senate Rules. 3. Precedents of the
     House of Representatives, published as a public document in 1909.
     4. The Congressional Record. 5. Specimen copies of bills and
     resolutions. 6. The last annual message of the President. 7. Copies
     of committee reports. 8. Veto messages of the President. 9.
     Diagrams of the house and senate chambers.


RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. Why are rules of procedure necessary in legislative bodies?

2. For what purpose does the Constitution require each house to keep a
journal of its proceedings?

3. Which do you think the better practice, the American rule, by which
each house of Congress settles election contests of its own members, or
the English rule, which places that power in the hands of the courts?

4. What is the reason for allowing a small number of members of each
house to compel the attendance of absent members?

9. Do you think it would be a wise provision to permit the members of
the cabinet to occupy seats in Congress without the right to vote?

10. Trace a bill through Congress, showing the various stages through
which it must pass before becoming a law.

11. Of what committees is your representative a member? Is he chairman
of any committee?

12. Do you think the minority party should be given a larger
representation on the committees of Congress and larger privileges of
debate?

13. Give the names of the five most distinguished speakers of the house
of representatives since 1789.

14. Why is debate more effective in the senate than in the house of
representatives?

15. Which of the two houses exerts the greater influence in determining
national legislation? Give your reasons.

16. What are some of the so-called "usurped" powers now exercised by the
senate?




CHAPTER XII

FEDERAL FINANCE, TAXATION, AND MONEY

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Government in the United States, National, State and Local

Government in the United States, National, State and Local

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