Names
It’s the committee that determines the chamber’s Order of the Day.
What is the Rules Committee?
It’s the length of terms in the Kentucky State Senate.
What is four years?
The holder of this office headed Kentucky’s upper chamber until 1993.
Who is the lieutenant governor?
Describes policy making that isn’t visible, such as bottling up a bill in committee.
What is the second face of power?
The House did it before the governor this year, violating longstanding norms.
What is presenting a budget?
It’s the group that picks committee membership and refers bills to them.
What is the Committee on Committees?
It’s the percentage of the voters who need to approve a constitutional amendment.
What is a majority (50%)?
Letting legislators gather in these sets them up to hit the ground running at the start of a session.
What are interim (joint) committees?
Political scientists use this term to describe the traits that can give legislatures more policy influence.
What is (legislative) professionalism?
This sting operation delayed a constitutional amendment adding 30-day sessions.
What was Operation BOPTROT?
These constitutional changes gave legislators a head start crafting policy before election of a new governor.
What was the Kenton Amendment?
The decade in which Kentucky created its current constitution.
What are the 1890’s?
The Governor’s authority to determine the agenda for these gives significant policy leverage.
What are special or extraordinary sessions?
The gatekeeping authority of party leaders prevents this from happening in a legislative chamber.
What is majority roll?
The governor gains power from using these when the legislature is not in session or neglects to pass a budget.
What are emergency powers?
Setting up this system in 1960 took away most gubernatorial control over state jobs.
What is the Comprehensive Merit System?
It’s the share of each legislative chamber required to override a gubernatorial veto.
What is a majority (50%)?
This sort of joint resolution does not require approval from the Governor.
What is a constitutional amendment (proposal)?
Packing and cracking a party's electorate results in two different versions of these.
What are wasted votes? (Or: What are gerrymanders?)
Gov. Steve Beshear undermined a 2011 compromise over funding this program by using his veto power.
What is Medicaid?
This Kentucky Supreme Court decision has been called the state’s Marbury v. Madison because it defined the separation of powers
What is L.R.C. v. Brown?
The legislature was only allowed to gather for these starting in the 21st century.
What are off-year (or annual) sessions?
The Kentucky House changed this motion so that it ends debate, not just amendments.
What is to Move the Previous Question?
Party leaders do not place much emphasis on this trait when selecting committee chairs.
What is seniority?
This legislative group may have forced Gov. John Y. Brown, Jr., to play a passive role.
What was the Black Sheep Squadron?