This 6-page paper is an argumentative essay, demonstrating that Texas state legislators do need to meet full-time, rather than on the bi-annual basis they're at now. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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should meet. Article 3, Section 5 notes that "The Legislature shall meet every two years at such a time as may be provided by law and at other times when
convened by the Governor" (State of Texas, 2005). The Article is also very specific about what needs to happen at such meetings
-- during the regular Session, the first 30 days are devoted to introducing bills and resolutions and acting on emergency appropriations (State of Texas, 2005). During the second 30 days
(again, of the regular Session), various committees of the House meet to consider bills and resolutions and other matters pending (State of Texas, 2005). Then, during the remainder of the
session, clean-up takes place, with the Legislature acting on bills and resolutions and other things that need to be taken care of (State of Texas, 2005). What if things arent
cleared up by that time? Well, the governor can then appoint an emergency session. In other words, being a Texas legislature, and
deciding the future fate of the citizens of Texas, is a part-time job. Most of the representatives in both the House and Senate have outside jobs.
But should being on the Texas legislature be a full-time job? Is it fair that these folks are being paid for their efforts, only to show
up on a part-time basis? In this paper well argue that being a members of the Texas Legislature should be a full-time job for many reasons. Not only are the
legislatures trying to determine important issues for the people of the Lone Star State, the jobs outside of the political arena are, more and more, becoming issues as they pertain