history chapter 18

• anual salary of 95 thousand
• per diem expenses
• car allowance
• dental
• vacaton
• family health insurance
• cell phone
• funds to hire staff and rent office space in their district

141$ a day

400$/month

100$/month

25$/month

300$/month

• determine
• arrange
• appoint (4)
• direct
• serve
• preside
• assign

the # and titles of standing, special, and sub committees

schedule for committee meetings

• members of assembly standing committee
• chairs and vice chairs of assembly committee
• three members to serve in the conference committee
• majority floor lead

rule committee in the referal of bulls to specific committees

as the ex ooffico nonvoting member of all committees

over assemply

office space in the capitol

• elected by majority cacus
• select majority floor leader, assistant majority leader, whip, and assistant whip
• floor leader
• speaker pro tempore
• minority floor leader
• president of the senate

• represents the speaker o the floor
• clarifying assembly proceedings
• important in coordinating the majority party's efforts to pass legislation facilitating communication between speaker and state assembly.

appointed by speaker, presides over floor sessions in absence of the speaker.

leader of the minority party, assist in the reelection of assembly members from the minority party

lieutenant governor. Authority to cast a tie breaking vote.

• president protempore elected by members
• actual leader of state senate
• five member rule committee
• senate majority leader and whip chosen by majority cacus- main floor managers for the president po tempore
• senate minority leader
• minority whip

the five meber rule committee which has legislative powers equivilant to those of the assembly speaker

• second most powerful position in senate
• cut deals and take advantage of the decentralized nature of the senate

assistant to the minority leader and they assist in maintaining party discipline