Examples of legislative bodies in the following topics:
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- Direct lobbying is used to influence legislative bodies directly via communication with members of the legislative body.
- Direct lobbying refers to methods used by lobbyists to influence legislative bodies through direct communication with members of the legislative body, or with a government official who participates in formulating legislation .
- During the direct lobbying process, the lobbyist introduces to the legislator information that may supply favors, may otherwise be missed or makes political threats.
- In this case, the public is considered to be the legislator.
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- Lobbyists employ direct lobbying in the United States to influence United States legislative bodies through direct interaction with legislators.
- Direct lobbying in the United States consists of methods used by lobbyists to influence the United States legislative bodies .
- Direct lobbying is done either through direct communication with members or employees of the legislative body, or with a government official who participates in formulating legislation.
- During the direct lobbying process, the lobbyist introduces statistics that will inform the legislator of any recent information that might otherwise be missed, and may make political threats or promises, and/or grant favors.
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- An electoral district is a territorial subdivision whose members (constituents) elect one or more representatives to a legislative body.
- An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding an election for one or more seats in a legislative body.
- An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of election procedures.
- In federations there may be a separate body for each subnational government.
- District magnitude is the number of representatives elected from a given district to the same legislative body.
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- In a parliamentary system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen .
- The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.
- A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal, usually a piece of legislation which has been passed into law by the local legislative body and signed by the pertinent executive official(s) .
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- Lobbyists are often well-connected professionals, such as lawyers, whose role is to argue for specific legislation.
- Successful lobbyists achieve insider status in legislative bodies, meaning they can talk directly to lawmakers.
- Once they gain access to legislators, the lobbyist's job is to persuade them to act on behalf of their client.
- In issue-based campaigns, successful political strategists create public awareness and support for an issue, which can then pressure legislators to act in favor of the interest group.
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- The Virginia Plan proposed a bicameral legislature, a legislative branch with two chambers.
- The people would elect members for one of the two legislative chambers.
- The legislative branch would then choose the executive branch.
- An unspecified legislative majority could override their veto.
- The less populous states were adamantly opposed to giving most of the control of the national government to the more populous states, and so proposed an alternative plan that would have kept the one-vote-per-state representation under one legislative body from the Articles of Confederation.
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- Bodies such as the War Claims Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission all have direct Congressional oversight.
- Congress has the sole power to legislate in the United States.
- While Chief Justice John Marshall conceded that the determination of rules of procedure was a legislative function, he distinguished between "important" subjects and mere details .
- Bodies such as the War Claims Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission all have direct Congressional oversight.
- The Parliamentary system can be contrasted with a presidential system which operates under a stricter separation of powers, whereby the executive does not form part of, nor is appointed by, the parliamentary or legislative body.
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- A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in Congress that handles a specific duty.
- A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the U.S.
- Committees monitor on-going governmental operations, identify issues suitable for legislative review, gather and evaluate information and recommend courses of action to their parent body.
- With the growing responsibilities of the Senate, the committees gradually grew to be the key policy-making bodies of the Senate, instead of merely technical aids to the chamber.
- The House relied primarily on the Committee of the Whole to handle the bulk of legislative issues.
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- Disabled Americans face limited access to public places and institutions that civil rights legislation seeks to address.
- According to the World Health Organization, an impairment inhibits body function or structure; an activity limitation inhibits an individual's ability to execute a task or action; and a participation restriction affects an individual's ability to participate in life situations.
- Thus, disability is often complex, reflecting an interaction between features of a person's body and of the society in which he or she lives.
- To address these concerns, a disability rights movement has introduced a range of legislation and law suits.
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- As chief legislator, the president may suggest, request, and insist that Congress enact laws he believes are needed.
- As chief legislator, the president shapes policy.
- The president can gather information from the bureaucracy, present a legislative agenda to Congress, and go to the American public for support for his legislative agenda.
- Supreme Court ruled such a legislative alteration of the veto power to be unconstitutional.
- President Barack Obama signs legislation in the Oval Office, Dec. 22, 2010.