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The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", [3] the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest U.S. state legislature. A total of 25 members is required for a majority; however, in order to overcome a filibuster, a two-thirds vote of all members is required, which takes 33 votes. [4] Unlike ...
1st Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] July 4, 1866 [2] July 11, 1866 2nd Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] February 20, 1867 February 21, 1867 3rd Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1868 4th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1869 5th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1870 6th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1871 7th Nebraska legislature [Wikidata] 1872
The speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives was an office in the Nebraska Legislature which existed from 1855 to 1936 when Nebraska had a bicameral legislature. This office was created when the Nebraska Territory was first established and remained after Nebraska became a state. [ 1 ]
The constitutionality of legislative chaplains was upheld in 1983 by the Supreme Court (Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, related to chaplains in the Nebraska Legislature) on the grounds of precedent and tradition. The Court cited the practice going back to the Continental Congress in 1774 and noted that the custom "is deeply embedded in the ...
The state’s 2nd Congressional District, including Omaha and its suburbs, has swung toward Democrats since Trump was elected in 2016. In 2020, President Joe Biden won the district and its one ...
Image Name Party [a] Tenure District [b] City of residence Notes 1 Charles J. Warner: Rep 1937–1938 25 (18) Waverly: Later served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska; Father of Jerome Warner, the 18th Speaker; Served during a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor from June 26 to Nov. 8, 1938
Republicans are stepping up their efforts to change Nebraska's electoral vote process to winner-take-all -- a move that would benefit former President Donald Trump in an expected close November ...
A Nebraska lawmaker implored the Legislature's Executive Board on Thursday to hold a colleague accountable for invoking her name in a graphic reading on the legislative floor, which some say ...