A) speeds up the process of legislation by dividing the labors between two separate institutions.
B) works to the benefit of the more densely populated urban areas.
C) allows for sparsely populated rural counties to receive more of a voice in the legislature.
D) permits more opportunities to kill or significantly modify a bill.
E) allows more bipartisan support for most bills.
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A) Special sessions are a rare occurrence, called on average once a decade.
B) Special sessions were common in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but have been rare during the past fifty years.
C) Special sessions are common, held an average of once a year since 1876.
D) Special sessions occur often, on average four times a year.
E) Special sessions can be called only once a year.
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A) 435; 100
B) 100; 25
C) 150; 31
D) 31; 150
E) 100; 50
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A) special session
B) veto
C) message
D) impeachment
E) media
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A) the power to act as governor when the governor is away from the state
B) the duty to preside over the Texas Senate
C) the capacity to select the chairs of Texas Senate committees
D) the ability to call the Texas Senate into special session
E) the ability to refer bills to committee
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A) The House and the Senate can physically force members to attend legislative sessions.
B) The legislature decides the amount of money to be appropriated for every executive agency over a two-year period.
C) Only the Senate has the constitutional authority to launch investigations into problems concerning the state.
D) Only the House has the power to impeach members of the executive and judicial branches of government.
E) Only the Senate has the power to try officials on impeachment charges.
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A) pigeonholing.
B) the pocket veto.
C) the line-item veto.
D) the post-adjournment veto.
E) an expenditure veto.
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A) giving a speech to a local civic group.
B) providing legal services in court.
C) attempting to influence decisions of government agencies.
D) writing a letter of recommendation for a constituent.
E) legislative activity.
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A) logrolling.
B) a special bill.
C) a private resolution.
D) a filibuster.
E) a general bill.
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A) Partisan rivalries have been high throughout the history of the Texas legislature.
B) Historically, partisanship has been rather low, but in recent years the legislature has moved into a more partisan era.
C) The legislature was divided by partisan bickering before the 1980s, but the conflict has decreased steadily since then.
D) The Texas constitution was amended in 1986 to forbid partisanship from interfering with the legislative process.
E) Typically, with Democrats as the majority party, partisanship has been much higher than with Republicans in control.
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A) It declared the Voting Rights Act of 1965 constitutional.
B) It declared poll taxes unconstitutional.
C) It declared the constitutional principle of "one person, one vote."
D) It declared that preclearance was an unconstitutional abridgement of state power.
E) It declared racial gerrymandering to be unconstitutional.
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A) It cannot be overturned by the legislature.
B) It can be overturned only by a two-thirds majority of both houses.
C) It allows the governor to veto parts of a bill but not all of it.
D) It allows the governor to get maximum media coverage.
E) It can only be overturned by a unanimous vote in both houses.
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A) It marks the date by which legislators must vote on specific bills.
B) It is the calendar for all private bills sponsored by members of the legislature.
C) It is reserved for uncontroversial bills that are not expected to have major opposition.
D) It describes the voting schedule for those bills that require approval by both the legislature and local communities.
E) It is the calendar for bills that only deal with the procedural rules of the legislature.
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A) are minimal, in keeping with the idea that officeholding should be open to most citizens.
B) are stricter than those in the federal legislature, reflecting the belief that only the most qualified Texans deserve to serve.
C) require one to be a citizen of Texas but not necessarily a citizen of the United States.
D) are the same as in the U.S. Constitution.
E) require one to be a citizen of both Texas and the United States for at least ten years prior to running for office.
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A) based on proportional representation.
B) single-member districts.
C) multiple-member districts.
D) redistricted every four years.
E) redistricted every six years.
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A) A resolution is just another name for a bill.
B) A resolution deals only with issues affecting local government, while a bill deals with the entire state.
C) All bills require the signature of the governor, but no resolution does.
D) Unlike a bill, a resolution, if passed, lacks the force of a public law.
E) A resolution must be passed unanimously; a bill needs only a majority.
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