Compare how bills are stalled in the Texas House and Senate
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
A. Various ways bills can be stalled
1. Pigeonholing: committee decides set a bill aside to stall it or not to consider the bill effectively killing it in committee
2. Bills come out of committee
a. house: Calendars Committee can stall a bill by its placement on the calendar or rearrangement of the order
3. Floor action
a. house: regulates debates, no filibusters
1. chubbing: tag teaming a bill during a debate so all members use all their time to stall a bill on the floor
2. slows down debate and effective stalling technique
3. used at end of session to go past time limit for bill
b. senate: more relaxed debate
1. filibuster: senators can talk endlessly to stall a bill
2. crucial near end of session
4. Bill must go through other chamber through all the rites again unless identical versions of the bill are presented to both chambers
5. Bills can get bogged down in committee as well
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