{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"13513889","dateCreated":"1249956249","smartDate":"Aug 10, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"zitong66","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/zitong66","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1247335343\/zitong66-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gpezzabucks.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/13513889"},"dateDigested":1532092902,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Reaction paper 08-04-09","description":"In July 2004 Governor Rendell signed the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. This act permits the operations of slot machines in Pennsylvania. By August 2009 there are 8 casinos built out of the 14 of them that planed to be built. The eight casinos have been operating for about 3 years since the opening. The impact on Pennsylvanians seems more positive than most of us had previously anticipated, $3.6 billion revenue shared by the commonwealth and casino operators. Pennsylvanians are benefitted by the $1.7 billion going towards property tax relief and the creation of 16,000 jobs. The casino taxes help fund the new arena in Pittsburgh that help keep the Stanley Cup winners the Penguins from leaving. Now the casinos desire to put table gaming, which would generate more revues if approved. The table gambling would boost revenue by 30 percent and create more job opportunities. The gambling industry wants to expand their casino business. By introducing and operating table games in the casinos in Pennsylvania, it would generate more income than having to building other slot machines casinos elsewhere. Pennsylvania has a $3.2 billion budget gap and the casinos are here to stay, so we should use them to their fullest and allow them to operate table gambling.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"13464827","dateCreated":"1249569052","smartDate":"Aug 6, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"zitong66","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/zitong66","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1247335343\/zitong66-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gpezzabucks.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/13464827"},"dateDigested":1532092903,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"State Legislatures","description":"State Legislatures<br \/>\n<br \/>\n1. Surprisingly, which state has the largest legislature?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNew Hampshire<br \/>\n<br \/>\n2. What does Bicameral mean?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nBicameral is the characteristic of having two branches, chambers, or houses, such as the United States Congress, which is composed of the Senate and the House<br \/>\n<br \/>\n3. What does Unicameral mean?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nUnicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n4. How many Bicameral State Legislatures are there?<br \/>\n<br \/>\n49<br \/>\n<br \/>\n5. How many members are there in the State Legislature?<br \/>\n<br \/>\n253<br \/>\n203 Representatives + 50 Senators<br \/>\n<br \/>\n6. Can a woman who is 24 years old be a State Senator in PA? Explain.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNo. She has to be 25 or older<br \/>\n<br \/>\n7. Explain what the President Pro Tempor is.<br \/>\nAlso as known as President pro tem which is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n8. What is a Standing Committee?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA permanent committee<br \/>\n<br \/>\n9. What is a Select Committee?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose<br \/>\n<br \/>\n10. What is a Conference Committee?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA committee of the Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"13461371","dateCreated":"1249539426","smartDate":"Aug 5, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"richweicheld","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/richweicheld","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1246988464\/richweicheld-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gpezzabucks.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/13461371"},"dateDigested":1532092903,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"assignment","description":"1. Surprisingly, which state has the largest legislature?<br \/>\nThe New Hampshire Legislature includes 24 Senators and 400 state Representatives, for a total of 424.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n2. What does Bicameral mean?<br \/>\nA bicameral legislature has two chambers or legislative houses. Pennsylvania has had a bicameral legislature, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives, since 1790. Prior to that date, Pennsylvania had a unicameral legislature with only the House of Representatives.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n3. What does Unicameral mean?<br \/>\nThe word &quot;cameral&quot; comes from the Latin camera and the Greek kameral, both meaning &quot;chamber.&quot; Therefore, a unicameral legislature consists of only one chamber or legislative house.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n4. How many Bicameral State Legislatures are there?<br \/>\nAll but one state is bicameral. The only unicameral state is Nebraska.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n5. How many members are there in the State Legislature?<br \/>\nThere are 253-50 Senators and 203 members of the House of Representatives.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n6. Can a woman who is 24 years old be a State Senator in PA? Explain.<br \/>\nAccording to Article II, Senators must be at least 25 years old, so no.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n7. Explain what the President Pro Tempor is.<br \/>\nThe Lieutenant Governor is President of the Senate by authority of the Constitution (see Article IV, Section 4). The Senate elects from its members a President Pro Tempore to preside in the absence of the President. When this happens, the Majority Leader is vested with all the powers of the President (except as specifically prohibited by the Constitution or laws). This authority, however, does not extend beyond the day's adjournment.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n8. What is a Standing Committee?<br \/>\nStanding committees are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules. Standing committees, as permanent units of the General Assembly, serve as the workshops of the Legislature. It is their duty to carefully study all bills referred to them and to prepare bills to be reported with a favorable recommendation to each house.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThey have legislative jurisdiction, so they consider bills and issues and recommend measures for consideration by their respective chambers. They also have oversight responsibility to monitor agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions, and in some cases in areas that cut across committee jurisdictions. Due to their permanent nature, these committees exist beyond the adjournment of each two year meeting of Congress.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n9. What is a Select Committee?<br \/>\nA select or special committee of the United States Congress is a congressional committee appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee. A select committee is established by the Senate or the House for a special purpose and for a limited time. When the select committee's function has been carried out and a report made, it is automatically dissolved.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n10. What is a Conference Committee?<br \/>\nA conference committee is a committee of the Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill. The conference committee is usually composed of the senior Members of the standing committees of each House that originally considered the legislation. Differences of opinion over legislation between the two houses of the General Assembly are committed to conference committees for settlement. This usually happens when a bill passes one house with amendments that are unacceptable to the other house.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"13460221","dateCreated":"1249531895","smartDate":"Aug 5, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"stevelewonski","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/stevelewonski","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gpezzabucks.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/13460221"},"dateDigested":1532092903,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"legilature assignment","description":"Which state has the largest legislature?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNew Hampshire, with 424 members (24 state senators and 400 representatives)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhat does Bicameral mean?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThat the legislature has two houses. Pennsylvania has used a bicameral system comprised of the state Senate and the state House of Representatives since 1790, prior to that Pennsylvania utilized a unicameral system that only relied on the House of Representatives for the creation of state laws.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhat does Unicameral mean?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA unicameral system utilizes only one deciding legislative body to create state laws, currently only Nebraska uses this legislative model amongst the states.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow many Bicameral state legislatures are there?<br \/>\n<br \/>\n49 (Nebraska being the sole Unicameral legislative system used by a state.)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow many members are there in the state legislature? (in Pennsylvania)<br \/>\n<br \/>\n253 (50 state Senators and 203 Representatives.) <br \/>\n<br \/>\nCan a woman who is 24 years old be a State Senator in PA? Explain.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNo, the minimum age of election for a state Senate seat is 25, there is no gender restriction. A woman or man could campaign for a state senate seat during their 24th year as long as they had attained the age of 25 prior to election day.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nExplain what the President Pro Tempor is.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe President Pro Tempor is a State Senator elected by the state Senate to act as the presiding President of the House within the House of Representatives in the absence of the state Lieutenant Governor who is normally (by state Constitution Article IV, Section 4) the President of the House.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhat is a Standing Committee?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nStanding Committees are the permanent committees of the legislature, they are where the majority of all the work done by the elected officials is carried out before it is brought up for a floor vote by the full Senate or House of Representatives. Pennsylvania\u2019s state Constitution requires the all bill must be referred to the legislative body through a committee (Article III, Section 2).<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhat is a Select Committee?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSelect Committees are established by either of the legislative houses for special purposes and for only a specific amount of time. After the purpose of the Select Committee has been accomplished it is automatically dissolved.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhat is a Conference Committee?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhen a disagreement arises over proposed legislation between the Senate and House of Representatives the issue is referred to a Conference Committee created to resolve the differences (this committee has two majority party and one minority party member from both the Senate and House). If no agreement can be reached to compromise legislation between the two legislative chambers the proposed bill fails.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"13444889","dateCreated":"1249443222","smartDate":"Aug 4, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"griffd","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/griffd","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gpezzabucks.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/13444889"},"dateDigested":1532092903,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"class assignment for August 4","description":"I wasn't sure where I had to show these answers,so - here they are:<br \/>\n<br \/>\n1.  Surprisingly, which state has the largest legislature?<br \/>\nNew Hampshire with 424<br \/>\n<br \/>\n2. What does Bicameral mean?<br \/>\nTwo legislative chambers or banches<br \/>\n<br \/>\n3. What does Unicameral mean?<br \/>\nLegislatures made of one chamber<br \/>\n<br \/>\n4. How many Bicameral State Legislatures are there?<br \/>\nOne - Nebraska<br \/>\n<br \/>\n5. How many members are there in the State Legislature?<br \/>\nIn PA, there are 253<br \/>\n<br \/>\n6. Can a woman who is 24 years old be a State Senator in PA? Explain.<br \/>\nNo \u2013 she has to be 25.  She also has to be a citizen and inhabitant of the state for 4 years, live in her respective district for one year, and must continue to reside in the district during her term.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n7. Explain what the President Pro Tempor is.<br \/>\nAppoints chairmen, vice chairmen, members of the committees \u2013 both standing and special.  The position is a constitutional officer and is the only one is also a senator.  The senate has an election to decide on the President Pro Tempor and they preside in the absence of the President of the Senate.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n8. What is a Standing Committee?<br \/>\nServes as the workshops of the legislatures; they study all bills referred to them and prepares bills to be reported with a favorable recommendation to each house.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n9. What is a Select Committee?<br \/>\n           A select committee is established by the Senate or the House for a special purpose and for a limited time. When the select committee's function has been carried out and a report made, it is automatically dissolved.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n10. What is a Conference Committee?<br \/>\nDifferences of opinion over legislation between the two houses of the General Assembly are committed to conference committees for settlement. 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