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Can a senator propose a bill for their state only?
I might seem dumb asking this but I'm not sure. My class is doing a mock congress and I am a senator on the education committee.
5 Answers
- m_knobelLv 47 years agoFavorite Answer
Look to the 10th amendment. What is not defined by the federal government is in the control of the states. This means that the state can write laws that are only applied to themselves.
- regeruggedLv 77 years ago
Yes. Something worse happened in my state. Senator Bob Case (D Pennsylvania) tried to get a bill passed that would provide US Government guarantees to a county teamsters pension fund. The bill did not even apply to the whole state, or Allegheny county. It applied to one union local. The bill never got out of a senate committee.
- BflowingLv 77 years ago
Indirectly they can. They can propose a bill worded in a way that would only apply to their State. It is also common for a Senator or Congressman to propose bills that help out industries in their State.
- Mr K DilkingtonLv 67 years ago
US Senators legislate for the US. State Senators legislate for the state.
