9.

Make Decisions You are part of a special committee to streamline procedures in

the House of Representatives. Your first task is to reorganize the calendar for

scheduling floor debate. Describe one major change you would make and explain

how it would streamline the legislative process.

a) A major change in reorganizing the calendar for scheduling floor debate:

The change that I would propose will require the committee's work to be laid to the whole house on Day 1 with two debaters appointed.  On Day 2 two members, one opposing and the other supporting the bill will debate the bill.  After presenting their arguments on Day 2, members will vote on Day 3.  If the bill passes, then it is sent to the Senate on that date.

This change is expected to streamline the legislative process by saving the time members of the whole house would normally use to debate the bill.  It will also take immature arguments out of the process when each member channels their ideas to the side they are supporting.  The two debaters will then summarize their various shades of opinion in their presentations to the whole house.

Explanation:

The legislative process is the procedure that is followed in proposing a bill and passing it into law.  It is usually as follows:  First, a Representative sponsors a bill. The bill is then assigned to a committee for full study. After the committee's work, the bill is put on a calendar to be voted on, debated, or amended.  If the bill passes by simple majority (218 of 435) after the vote, it moves to the Senate.

Reorganizing the calendar for scheduling floor debate will make the debate process robust, and enable sensible votes to be cast.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."

a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. this may result in the adoption of a new law.