What does Held at desk mean?

What does Held at desk mean?

Held at Desk (Senate) HDS. An alternate name for this bill version is Ordered Held at Senate Desk after being Received from House. This version is a bill or resolution as received in the Senate from the House which has been ordered to be held at the desk, sometimes in preparation for going to conference.

Who is eligible for technical resignation?

3379-E. III (B)/65 dated the 17th June, 1965, the resignation is treated as a technical formality where a Government servant has applied through proper channel for a post in the same or some other Department, and is on selection, required to resign the previous post for administrative reasons.

What is floor consideration?

Consideration of a measure by the full House can be a simple or very complex operation. In general a measure is ready for consideration by the full House after it has been reported by a committee. Under certain circumstances, it may be brought to the Floor directly.

What does engrossed bill mean?

Engrossment is the formal reprinting of the bill in the form upon which the chamber will vote final passage. An engrossed bill is “messaged” by the originating house to the other; the second chamber to act attaches the text of whatever amendments it adopts to the original measure it has received from the first.

How many politicians have quit their parties but retained their seats?

Quitting the party under whose banner a politician has been elected to federal parliament while retaining the seat is not new. Since federation, 114 Members and Senators have left their parties but remained in parliament and 13 of these have done so more than once.

Is it common for politicians to switch parties?

In some countries, party switching is a common political behaviour. Well-known politicians who have quit their party to join the ranks of another include Winston Churchill, who entered Parliament in 1901 as a Conservative, but crossed to the Liberal benches in 1904-a move that led some to refer to him as ‘the Blenheim rat’.

What are the consequences of party jumping for politicians?

Evidence suggests that the consequences of party jumping for politicians are two-fold: they substantially change their behaviour in order to fit with the demands of the new party (if switching to another party), but ultimately their level of support usually falls. In short, defection brings ‘short-term fame but long-term obscurity’.

Why don’t politicians defect from their parties?

Politics without established parties can descend into chaos, as has been the experience in Papua New Guinea. However, another reason that more politicians do not defect is that there are considerable tangible and intangible benefits to party membership, including electoral, collective, institutional and distributive advantages.