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Ernest William Chambers (born July 10, 1937) [1] is an American politician and civil rights activist who represented North Omaha's 11th District in the Nebraska State Legislature from 1971 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2021.
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 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
Kate Heltzel, a spokesperson for the Nebraska legislature, sees more of a gray area. "Some argue that the rule cannot be changed after general election voting begins in Nebraska. In-person early ...
The Government of the U.S. State of Nebraska, established by the Nebraska Constitution, is a republican democracy modeled after the Federal Government of the United States. The state government has three branches: the executive , the legislative , and the judicial .
U.S. Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) told HuffPost they believed the push for a winner-take-all result remained three or four votes shy in the Nebraska legislature as of Friday ...
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 ]