From cecd08d6267371c8dcfaa39c1a8609238bf4c1c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:28:48 -0400
Subject: legislation and the budget (9/23 INTA)
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PROGRESS | 2 +-
rich/18_legislation | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/PROGRESS b/PROGRESS
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ Sep 14 lecture (INTA)
+ Sep 16 lecture (INTA)
+ Sep 21 lecture (INTA)
-- Sep 23 lecture (INTA)
++ Sep 23 lecture (INTA)
- Sep 25 lecture (INTA)
- Sep 28 lecture (INTA)
- Emergency powers assignment (Sep 30)
diff --git a/rich/18_legislation b/rich/18_legislation
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@@ -13,3 +13,67 @@ House side of process
- Rules Committee -- sets rules for debate on bill
- Floor Action - scheduled by Speaker (time limit, agenda position)
- (Germane) amendments can get added and get debated separately
+ - *After* amendments, the amended bill is voted on
+ - Amendments can remove support for the bill
+ - Simple majority to pass
+Senate side of process (often introduced concurrently, sometimes
+multiple bills on either side correspond on one issue, sometimes
+consecutive)
+ - Introduction: senate resolution number
+ - President pro temp (maybe multiple) refers to standing committees,
+ - Committee Stage: passes through the subcommittee, full committee
+ landmines; often longer timeframes in the Senate
+ - NO Rules Committee
+ - Scheduled by "majority leader" (not president pro temp, who is the
+ most senior member of the majority party)
+ - Power to improve/worsen chance of passing
+ - Majority leader, like speaker, chooses Joint Committee members
+ - Appointment power
+ - Floor action - much less formal rule system
+ - Any (non-germane) amendments can be added
+ - Can allow some "pork barrel politics"
+ - No time limit
+ - Allows filibusters
+ - Originally 60 votes "Vote of Closure" stops
+ - Now simple majority (50)
+ - No sitting down, leaning on podium
+ - But multi-person filibusters
+ - Amendment vote (incl house amendments) and vote on finalized
+ bill (needs majority)
+Conference Committee
+ - Bipartisan, bicameral Joint Committee
+ - No compromise, no law
+ - if passed identically, compromises don't need to happen
+ - Then has to be passed by house and senate
+ - Onto the president
+Presidential Action
+ - 10 business days to review legislation
+ - Sign it --> law
+ - Veto: requires written reasons
+ - 2/3 in both chambers override
+ - No action
+ - Congress in session = unsigned law
+ - Congress out of session = pocket veto (bill dies, can be
+ reintroduced)
+
+The Budget
+- In theory, begins 18 months prior to fiscal year (Oct 1-Sep 30)
+- HUGE piece of legislation, physically, importance, etc
+- Executive budget, comes out in March
+ - President saying what he wants: taxes, tax cuts, revenues, spend
+- First Budget Resolution (meant to be passed middle of May)
+ - "Congress's rebuttal"
+- Second Budget Resolution
+ - Passed by Sep 30
+ - Final copy
+ - Chosen by compromise in congress and with congress and pres.
+ - Rarely actually passed (in time?)
+- Continuing Resolutions
+ - Temporary funding for a particular time frame
+ - Originally only 30, 60 days
+ - Now months, years at a time. De facto final res.
+- Recent Budgets
+ - 09 Budget $3.1T ($3.9T actual w/ fed bailout)
+ - 10 Budget $3.72T
+ - 11 Budget $3.83T (record $1.56T deficit)
+ - 20 Budget $4.79T ($1.083T deficit estimate)
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