Under federal law, states with past histories of racial bias in legislative re districting must pre-clear newly designed maps with the U.S. District court of the District of Columbia or with the _____ before conducting elections under them.
U.S. Department of justice
U.S. Federal courts have at times handed down decisions that have ethnic minority candidates increased chances at elections in largely white-populated areas, districts that are called _____ districts
Majority-minority
The texas constitution provides for a body known as the _____ to draw congressional and state legislative district maps if the state legislature fails to do its constitutional duty to draw new maps after a federal census is taken
State legislative re districting board
During battles between democrats and republicans over re districting in 2003, wherein republicans sought to increase republicans in the U.S. Congress by re districting Texas long before the U.S. Census of 2010, the dramatic tactic used by democrats in both chambers was that they temporarily blocked the business by______
Leaving the state
In 2003, the most controversial special session of the Texas Legislature in modern times were called by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and they were sessions the Lenten highly public walkouts up Democratic legislators in both chambers because the Republican governor wanted to deal with the subject of______
Legislative redistricting
During the 1960s and 1970s, some text legislators were exposed stealing large amounts of office postage stamps, as excepting expensive favors from lobbyists, and it’s placing individuals under payroll without meaningful work requirements, including some relatives, and ask them for help it under the state’s _______ laws
Nepotism
In 1991, the Texas Legislature passed a law which provides for a body known as a _______ to be able to come being a citizen advisory board with can recommend changes and legislative salaries and expense accounts
Texas ethics commission
The agency created by the Texas Legislature to provide research and technical services for members of the Texas legislator is the _____
Legislative council
The ten-member joint committee which works with a professional staff in the Texas Legislature and which functions continually and leads in the development and introduction of a proposed state budget is the ______
Legislative budget board/LBB
The public official who serves as chair of both the legislative budget board and the Texas legislative Council is the
Lieutenant governor
The most important legislation that the Texas Legislature adopt every year is legislation which deals with the subject of______
The budget
When a legislative chamber publicly express disapproval of one of its own members it is known as
Censure
The most obvious and most of dramatic power of the legislature to exercise it’s judicial function is the power of ______
Impeachment
It is known as a ______ when a specific number of proportion of a legislative chamber is required to conduct official business
Quorum