Legislative

LEGISLATURES ROLE: The legislature is essentially the same as the congress in Washington. It consists of two houses, a Senate with 40 members and the Assembly with 80 members. Senators serve 4 year terms and Represents the districts of nearly 750,000 Californians. Assembly members serve a 2 years term and represents almost 375,000 citizens.
The basic job of the legislature is to solve problems of the state by passage of laws through the appropriation of funds, and through the confirmation or rejection of the governors appointees. Legislation takes a variety of forms, but most measures become law only after they have been approved by both the senate and assembly and have been signed into law by the governor.
information received from the Calif. journal's political action hand book.

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California State Government Links

California State Legislature—Secretary of the Senate - Find your Representatives and Much More
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ - Official California Legislative Information Page, Current bills- view the actual text, And more.
http://ag.ca.gov/resources.php -Alpha listing portal.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/DAS/das.html - California Director of Industrial Relations

United States Federal Government Links

U.S. Senate - Find your Senators and Much More
http://www.house.gov/- Find your State Congressman and Much More
Congress.org - A Great place for current events and congressional news, + Links to Web site for The President & vice president, Federal Agencies, Supreme Court, State Officials, Local officials for all states.
Welcome to the White House - Another great starting point with links to the Judicial, and Legislative that provide added Links.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library Of Congress, News Past and Present plus much more.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/index.html Take A Look
http://lp.findlaw.com/ Place to find State Federal Case Law.
http://thomas.loc.gov/ Look for Current and Past Legislative actions. Search by Bill Number, Name, etc.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ Federal Spending $$

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