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GA government

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Requirements to be Governor include: 30 years old, 15 years in US, 6 years in GA
Ways and Means, Appropriations, and Judiciary are examples of this type of committee Standing
They would meet outside of the 40 day General Assembly meeting Interim Committee
Requirements to be a State House Member: 21 years old, U.S. Citizen, Citizen of GA for 2 years, resident of district for 1 year
Being able to pardon people is an example of the governor's ________ powers Judicial
Being able to veto or sign a bill into law is an example of the governor's _______ powers Legislative
These bills have to start in the house Appropriations
A two house legislature is also called a bicameral legislature
the senate has the power to approve executive appointments
The amount of people needed to overturn a governor's veto: 2/3rds majority
The number of people needed for a vote to pass in each house majority (51%)
The amount of days in a session of the General Assembly 40 days
powers for the governor written in the state constitution are called: formal powers
What does the state spend most of it's money on? (expenditures) education
Where does the majority of our state revenue come from? taxes
A governor serves a ___ year term and can serve a maximum of ____ consecutive terms 4 year term/2 consecutive terms (for a total of 8 years)
the speaker of the house is chosen by the political party with a majority in the house
the lt. governor's responsibilities include: taking over for the governor if he is ill, resigns, or dies and being the head of the state senate
the job of the senators and house members is to represent what the people of our state want
there are ____ house members 180
the __________is the smaller house senate
the executive branch ______ the laws enforces/carries out
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