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Before a bill goes before the full Senate it gets debated/edited in a relevant committee, if the committee votes against the bill it never goes up for the full
by Avshalom 4y ago
Before a bill goes before the full Senate it gets debated/edited in a relevant committee, if the committee votes against the bill it never goes up for the full vote.
- wiz21c 4y agoDoes it mean that whoever selects (controls) the committee pretty much selects the fate of the bill ?
- Avshalom 4y agoThe committees are generally permanent, not instantiated per bill, and the senators on the committee doesn't change often (the majority party does get to have a majority membership in all the committees) but yeah, committee membership can be really powerful and gets used as a reward/threat by party leadership.
- glowingly 4y agoNot really. In CA, if h/a really wanted something, they could gut and amend an existing bill that did make it out of committee. Or use the proposition system (public vote), but that system is just as captured, IMO.
- mijoharas 4y agosorry, what is h/a?
- donthellbanme 4y ago