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{{Infobox Legislature| name = Nebraska Legislature
| coa_pic =
| coa-pic =
| session_room = Nebraska Unicameral.jpg
| house_type = Unicameral
| houses =
| leader1_type = [Speaker of the House
| leader1 = [Mike Flood
| party1 =
| election1 = January 3 [
| leader2_type =
| leader2 =
| party2 =
| election2 =
| members = 49
| p_groups = [Nonpartisan
| election3 = November 7 [
| meeting_place = [Nebraska State Capitol, [Lincoln, Nebraska, [Nebraska
| website = http://www.leg.ne.gov/
-->.The
Nebraska Legislature is the U.S. state of Nebraska's legislative branch. The Legislature meets in the Nebraska State Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska. It is unique in that it is the only American State legislature (United States) that is
Unicameralism and
nonpartisan. However, territorial legislatures such as the
Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Legislature of Guam, and the Council of the District of Columbia are also similarly unicameral.
History
Nebraska originally operated under a Bicameralism legislature. Over time, defects in the bicameral system became apparent. Bills were lost because the two houses could not agree on a single version, and conference committees that were created to reconcile different versions of bills often met in secret, and were thus unaccounatable for their actions. After a trip to Australia in 1931,
George Norris campaigned for reform, arguing that the Bicameralism system was based on the inherently undemocratic
House of Lords, and that it was pointless to have two bodies of people doing the same thing and hence wasting money. He specifically pointed to the example of the Parliament for the Australian state of
Queensland, which had adopted a unicameral parliament nearly ten years earlier. In 1934, a constitutional amendment was passed revoking the House of Representatives and adding all its former duties to the Senate (the amendment also legalized betting on horse races). The new unicameral Legislature met for the first time in 1937. Though the name of the body is formally the "Nebraska Legislature," its members are commonly referred to as "Senators". In Nebraska, the Legislature is also often simply known as "The Unicameral".
Selection, composition and operation
The Legislature comprises forty-nine members, chosen by a single-member district or constituency. Senators are chosen for four-year terms, with one-half of the seats up for election every second year. No person may be a senator unless he or she is a qualified voter, over the age of twenty-one, and a resident of his or her district for at least one year. Currently, senators are limited by law to two terms.
Members are selected in nonpartisan system elections. Rather than separate
primary election held to choose
United States Republican Party,
United States Democratic Party, and other
political party contenders for a seat, Nebraska uses a single nonpartisan
primary election, in which the top two vote-getters are entitled to run in the
general election. There are no formal party alignments or groups within the Legislature. Coalitions tend to form issue by issue based on a member's philosophy of government, geographic background, and constituency. However, almost all the members of the legislature are affiliated with the state affiliate of either the Democratic or the Republican party and both parties explicitly endorse candidates for legislative seats. The unofficial partisan makeup of the Nebraska Legislature is 31 Republican Party (United States), 15
Democratic Party (United States), and 3 Independent (politician)
Sessions of the Nebraska Legislature last for 90 working days in odd-numbered years and 60 working days in even-numbered years. The Speaker (politics) presides over the Legislature in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor, but the day-to-day matters of the body are dealt with by the Executive Board. The Board includes the Speaker, a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and six other senators. The chairperson and vice-chairperson are chosen for two-year terms by the Legislature as a whole. Senators are classified into three geographically-based "caucuses"; each caucus elects two board members. Finally, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee serves, but cannot vote on any matter, and can only speak on fiscal matters.
General powers
The Legislature is responsible for law-making in the state, but the Governor of Nebraska has the power to
veto any bill. The Legislature may override the governor's veto by a vote of three-fifths (30) of its members. The Legislature also has the power, by a three-fifths vote, to propose constitutional amendments to the voters, who then decide upon it through a referendum.
Membership
Note: The Nebraska Legislature is nonpartisan; members' party affiliations are for informational purposes only.{| class="wikitable"|-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" |
Affiliation| valign="top" |
Members|-|| |
United States Republican Party| 31|-|| |
United States Democratic Party| 15|-| bgcolor="#999999" | | Independent (politics)
| 3|-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |
Total|
49|-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |
Majority|
16|}
Each member represents about 35,000 people.
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"|-! !!District !!Senator !!Home|- align="center"|1 ||
Lavon Heidemann ]|- align="center"|2 ||Dave Pankonin ]|- align="center"|3 ||Gail Kopplin ]|- align="center"|4 ||
Pete Pirsch ]|- align="center"|5 ||
Don Preister ]|- align="center"|6 ||John E. Nelson ]|- align="center"|7 ||John Synowiecki ]|- align="center"|8 ||Tom White (Nebraska) ||
Omaha, Nebraska|- align="center"|9 ||Gwen Howard ]|- align="center"|10 ||
Mike Friend (Nebraska) ||
Omaha, Nebraska|- align="center"|11 ||
Ernie Chambers ]|- align="center"|12 ||Steve Lathrop ]|- align="center"|13 ||Lowen Kruse ]|- align="center"|14 ||Tim Gay ]|- align="center"|15 ||Ray Janssen ]|- align="center"|16 ||
Kent Rogert ]|- align="center"|17 ||L. Patrick Engel ]|- align="center"|18 ||
Mick Mines ]|- align="center"|19 ||Mike Flood* ]|- align="center"|20 ||
Brad Ashford ]|- align="center"|21 ||Carol Hudkins ]|- align="center"|22 ||Arnie Stuthman ]|- align="center"|23 ||Chris Langemeier ]|- align="center"|24 ||
Greg L. Adams ]|- align="center"|25 ||Ron Raikes ]|- align="center"|26 ||Amanda McGill ]|- align="center"|27 ||DiAnna Schimek ]|- align="center"|28 ||
Bill Avery ]|- align="center"|29 ||Tony Fulton ]|- align="center"|30 ||
Norm Wallman ]|- align="center"|31 ||Rich Pahls ]|- align="center"|32 ||
Russ Karpisek ]|- align="center"|33 ||
Carroll Burling ]|- align="center"|34 ||
Annette Dubas ||
Fullerton, Nebraska|- align="center"|35 ||Ray Aguilar ]|- align="center"|36 ||John Wightman ||Lexington, Nebraska|- align="center"|37 ||Joel T. Johnson ]|- align="center"|38 ||
Tom Carlson ]|- align="center"|39 ||Dwite Pedersen ]|- align="center"|40 ||
Cap Dierks ]|- align="center"|41 ||Vickie D. McDonald ]|- align="center"|42 ||
Tom Hansen (Nebraska) ||North Platte, Nebraska|- align="center"|43 ||
Deb Fischer ]|- align="center"|44 ||
Mark Christensen ||Imperial, Nebraska|- align="center"|45 ||Abbie Cornett ]|- align="center"|46 ||
Danielle Nantkes ]|- align="center"|47 ||
Philip Erdman ]|- align="center"|48 ||
John Harms ||Scottsbluff, Nebraska|- align="center"|49 ||LeRoy J. Louden ]|}
*Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
See also
External links
- The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature
- History of the Nebraska Unicameral
{{Infobox Legislature| name = Nebraska Legislature
| coa_pic =
| coa-pic =
| session_room = Nebraska Unicameral.jpg
| house_type = Unicameral
| houses =
| leader1_type = [Speaker of the House
| leader1 = [Mike Flood
| party1 =
| election1 =
January 3 [
| leader2_type =
| leader2 =
| party2 =
| election2 =
| members = 49
| p_groups = [Nonpartisan
| election3 =
November 7 [
| meeting_place = [Nebraska State Capitol, [Lincoln, Nebraska, [Nebraska
| website = http://www.leg.ne.gov/
-->.The
Nebraska Legislature is the U.S. state of
Nebraska's
legislative branch. The Legislature meets in the Nebraska State Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska. It is unique in that it is the only American State legislature (United States) that is Unicameralism and nonpartisan. However, territorial legislatures such as the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Legislature of Guam, and the
Council of the District of Columbia are also similarly unicameral.
History
Nebraska originally operated under a Bicameralism legislature. Over time, defects in the bicameral system became apparent. Bills were lost because the two houses could not agree on a single version, and conference committees that were created to reconcile different versions of bills often met in secret, and were thus unaccounatable for their actions. After a trip to Australia in 1931,
George Norris campaigned for reform, arguing that the
Bicameralism system was based on the inherently undemocratic
House of Lords, and that it was pointless to have two bodies of people doing the same thing and hence wasting money. He specifically pointed to the example of the Parliament for the Australian state of Queensland, which had adopted a unicameral parliament nearly ten years earlier. In 1934, a
constitutional amendment was passed revoking the House of Representatives and adding all its former duties to the Senate (the amendment also legalized betting on horse races). The new unicameral Legislature met for the first time in 1937. Though the name of the body is formally the "Nebraska Legislature," its members are commonly referred to as "Senators". In Nebraska, the Legislature is also often simply known as "The Unicameral".
Selection, composition and operation
The Legislature comprises forty-nine members, chosen by a single-member district or constituency. Senators are chosen for four-year terms, with one-half of the seats up for election every second year. No person may be a senator unless he or she is a qualified voter, over the age of twenty-one, and a resident of his or her district for at least one year. Currently, senators are limited by law to two terms.
Members are selected in
nonpartisan system elections. Rather than separate primary election held to choose United States Republican Party, United States Democratic Party, and other
political party contenders for a seat, Nebraska uses a single nonpartisan primary election, in which the top two vote-getters are entitled to run in the general election. There are no formal party alignments or groups within the Legislature. Coalitions tend to form issue by issue based on a member's philosophy of government, geographic background, and constituency. However, almost all the members of the legislature are affiliated with the state affiliate of either the Democratic or the Republican party and both parties explicitly endorse candidates for legislative seats. The unofficial partisan makeup of the Nebraska Legislature is 31
Republican Party (United States), 15
Democratic Party (United States), and 3
Independent (politician)Sessions of the Nebraska Legislature last for 90 working days in odd-numbered years and 60 working days in even-numbered years. The Speaker (politics) presides over the Legislature in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor, but the day-to-day matters of the body are dealt with by the Executive Board. The Board includes the Speaker, a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and six other senators. The chairperson and vice-chairperson are chosen for two-year terms by the Legislature as a whole. Senators are classified into three geographically-based "caucuses"; each caucus elects two board members. Finally, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee serves, but cannot vote on any matter, and can only speak on fiscal matters.
General powers
The Legislature is responsible for law-making in the state, but the
Governor of Nebraska has the power to veto any bill. The Legislature may override the governor's veto by a vote of three-fifths (30) of its members. The Legislature also has the power, by a three-fifths vote, to propose constitutional amendments to the voters, who then decide upon it through a referendum.
Membership
Note: The Nebraska Legislature is nonpartisan; members' party affiliations are for informational purposes only.{| class="wikitable"|-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" |
Affiliation| valign="top" |
Members|-|| | United States Republican Party| 31|-|| | United States Democratic Party| 15|-| bgcolor="#999999" | | Independent (politics)
| 3|-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |
Total|
49|-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |
Majority|
16|}
Each member represents about 35,000 people.
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"|-! !!District !!Senator !!Home|- align="center"|1 ||
Lavon Heidemann ]|- align="center"|2 ||
Dave Pankonin ]|- align="center"|3 ||
Gail Kopplin ]|- align="center"|4 ||Pete Pirsch ]|- align="center"|5 ||Don Preister ]|- align="center"|6 ||John E. Nelson ]|- align="center"|7 ||John Synowiecki ]|- align="center"|8 ||
Tom White (Nebraska) ||Omaha, Nebraska|- align="center"|9 ||Gwen Howard ]|- align="center"|10 ||Mike Friend (Nebraska) ||
Omaha, Nebraska|- align="center"|11 ||Ernie Chambers ]|- align="center"|12 ||Steve Lathrop ]|- align="center"|13 ||Lowen Kruse ]|- align="center"|14 ||
Tim Gay ]|- align="center"|15 ||
Ray Janssen ]|- align="center"|16 ||
Kent Rogert ]|- align="center"|17 ||
L. Patrick Engel ]|- align="center"|18 ||
Mick Mines ]|- align="center"|19 ||
Mike Flood* ]|- align="center"|20 ||Brad Ashford ]|- align="center"|21 ||
Carol Hudkins ]|- align="center"|22 ||Arnie Stuthman ]|- align="center"|23 ||
Chris Langemeier ]|- align="center"|24 ||
Greg L. Adams ]|- align="center"|25 ||Ron Raikes ]|- align="center"|26 ||Amanda McGill ]|- align="center"|27 ||
DiAnna Schimek ]|- align="center"|28 ||
Bill Avery ]|- align="center"|29 ||
Tony Fulton ]|- align="center"|30 ||Norm Wallman ]|- align="center"|31 ||Rich Pahls ]|- align="center"|32 ||Russ Karpisek ]|- align="center"|33 ||Carroll Burling ]|- align="center"|34 ||Annette Dubas ||
Fullerton, Nebraska|- align="center"|35 ||
Ray Aguilar ]|- align="center"|36 ||John Wightman ||
Lexington, Nebraska|- align="center"|37 ||
Joel T. Johnson ]|- align="center"|38 ||
Tom Carlson ]|- align="center"|39 ||Dwite Pedersen ]|- align="center"|40 ||Cap Dierks ]|- align="center"|41 ||Vickie D. McDonald ]|- align="center"|42 ||Tom Hansen (Nebraska) ||
North Platte, Nebraska|- align="center"|43 ||
Deb Fischer ]|- align="center"|44 ||Mark Christensen ||Imperial, Nebraska|- align="center"|45 ||
Abbie Cornett ]|- align="center"|46 ||Danielle Nantkes ]|- align="center"|47 ||
Philip Erdman ]|- align="center"|48 ||John Harms ||Scottsbluff, Nebraska|- align="center"|49 ||LeRoy J. Louden ]|}
*Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
See also
External links
- The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature
- History of the Nebraska Unicameral
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