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Leaders from Virginia's House and Senate are at CPAC (because ONE was invited to speak on stage!) and stop by to talk about fixing the clogged artery of Virginia's Senate Committee organization.

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Autumn signals the slow descent into slumber for another year - but not before the fireworks of the late flowering perennials, exotics and bulbs, the harvest of the last of the beautiful summer veg and finally the firework bank of the tree's as they turn there annual colours of orange, reds and yellows. Its time to switch up the usual gardening to get on with some bigger jobs and also dust off the longer trousers, thermals and the rain coat as moisture levels increase and the temperatures go down. Autumn is always a time for both reflection and planning as the previous growing season and next collide in the Head Gardeners mind - so join Lucy and Saul every week as they bring you more tales from their gardening lives!

With rainfall and storms still dominating the news, Lucy and Saul open this episode with a look at the monthly rainfall for (usually) dry Essex. There are also listener questions on pelargonium overwintering and green manure management, along with a little insight into the workings of RHS committees. The duo also look at jobs for early winter, as Lucy delves into her 'Donyland Diaries' (Saul is hastily finding a suitable jingle...). Leaf gathering, bulb planting and hardy veg sowing are just a few of the tasks that she and her team were completing.

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Summer days are here again - sipping G&T on the terrace, lounging in our pools and holidays in the Algarve!? You must be kidding, for Head Gardeners Lucy and Saul it's full-on gardening, as our plots and patches reach the zenith of there horticultural output. This is the season when we really see the results of all those labours over the previous 6 months - colour, texture, scent and flavour all reach their crescendo as the garden provides us with the visual and edible treats that we work so hard for. Enjoy theses long days and wallow in the best gardening has to offer.

Phew! There doesn't seem much time to catch breath, at the moment. Lucy is still unpacking from her show garden adventures, while Saul is dashing between RHS Plant (TOP!) committee duties and Hardy Plant Society events. But the estate gardens are still growing so the duo must also give them due attention and management. Scorching weather has lessened the speed of turf growth (thankfully) so mowing tasks have been replaced by watering and deadheading. Plus, we must also make time for the all-important job of biscuit eating! Thanks Audley End visitors, you're keeping us going ;-)

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We know who but what killed him? You might be surprised. Lots of questions remain about the Pelosi hammer attack.  Trump kicks off his 2024 campaign in Trumpian style.  The odd squad(Schiff, Swallwell, Omar) appears on CNN plus Ronna's last rodeo and Pence takes full responsibility.

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Legislature 104 – Inside committees and floor debates 

Resources: 

Legislative website: www.leg.wa.gov 

TVW (C-Span for Washington State): www.tvw.org  

Legislative hotline: 1-800-562-6000 

Transcript 

We last talked about the overall process of how a bill becomes a law. Today, we’re going take you inside a committee hearing, then we’ll talk about what happens during floor debates.  
 

For most of session, committees are  

where the action is. All through the first two cutoff dates – policy committee cutoff and fiscal committee cutoff – the legislature spends its time in committees, only spending most of their time on the floor in the couple of weeks between fiscal committee cutoff and floor cutoff. 
Committees have three kinds of meetings: Public Hearings, where they get briefed on bills and hear public testimony; Executive Sessions, where they amend and vote on the bills; and Work Sessions, where they aren’t doing anything with particular bills, but instead might have topic area experts present information about issues relating to their committee. A single two-hour legislative committee meeting could have anywhere from one to all three of these kinds of activities. 

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A legislative committee has anywhere from 5 members to a couple dozen for the big fiscal committees such as Appropriations or Ways and Means. The chair of each committee is a member of the majority party, as are a majority of the members on the committee. The committee chair runs the meeting. They’ll gavel the meeting to order and might call on people to testify. They are assisted by a Vice-Chair, a member of their party, who might also call on people to testify during public hearings, and who typically makes the motions on bills that are brought up for executive session. Each committee also has a Ranking Member, a member of the minority party who is responsible for leading their party’s members on the committee. The Ranking Member is assisted by an Assistant Ranking Member, also of the minority party. 

The legislators sit up on the dais, in rows or in a big horseshoe.  

Also attached to each committee, sitting off to the side, is a handful of non-partisan analysts, a committee assistant and clerk, plus a partisan staff member from each caucus.  

In the middle of the room, facing the legislators, is a table where people sit when they testify. 

Then in chairs towards the back of the room, there’s the audience, made up of members of the public, lobbyists, and reporters. 

Public Hearing. 

Public hearing on a bill starts with a briefing from the non-partisan committee staff. The staff here will describe what the bill does. Non-partisan staff are scrupulously careful about describing the bill in the most accurate and fact-based terms, without having an opinion about the benefits or drawbacks of the bill. 

After the staff briefing, the prime sponsor will speak to their bill. Many times, the prime sponsor is a member of the committee. Otherwise, the sponsor will take a break from their committee or other work to come and speak to the reason they introduced the bill. Then it’s time for the public to speak. Anyone can sign up to speak to a bill, in favor or in opposition. Sometimes no one wants to speak to the bill, sometimes, on a controversial bill, there may be dozens signed up. If the committee has a full schedule with a lot of bills and a lot of people wishing to testify, the committee chair may limit folks who testify to just a few minutes to speak.  

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By the time July 4, 1976 had rolled around, a lot of people had put a lot of effort into crushing the whole thing into a bureaucratic logjam. A lot more people had made sure not one single American had the option of forgetting, even for a moment, that it was the BICENTENNIAL AND EVERYBODY BETTER AMERICA REAL REAL HARD STARTING RIGHT NOW, GOT IT?!? By that point, chiropractic medicine had begun to ease into a slightly less quackery-intensive version of itself (don't worry, it was still pretty batshit). Learn about both on today's Madness Madness, now brought to you in color!

The Bridge the Gap Program is re-launching and we're excited to provide two episodes for our newest attorneys. In this second episode, State Bar of New Mexico staff talk about how you can choose your own adventure now that you are a member of the State Bar. Learn about all the "fun stuff" about the Bar, like how to get involved in voluntary groups, the Professional Development Program, and how the State Bar can supplement your professional life as you want it!

Presented by: Morgan Pettit, State Bar of New Mexico Member Services Manager and William Slease, SBNM Professional Development Program Director

Tune in to episode 5 of the In Trust Center podcast where we are joined by guests Ms. Lynette M. Brown-Sow, Wise Stewards Initiative Faculty Coach and governance consultant, and Dr. Rebekah Basinger, Wise Stewards Initiative Project Director and governance consultant. They will share more about the board’s role in recruitment and diversity and how tending to institutional equity, diversity, and inclusion is critical.

Listen to episode 5 at www.intrust.org or wherever you stream podcasts.

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ICMR's 2017 ethical guidelines need a revision, with more focus on fundamental principles that govern the moral decisions and on ethical dilemmas that arise while conducting clinical trials/biomedical and health research.

Sowmya Nandan talks to Sunila Dixit and Shambhavi Naik about the evolution of ethical guidelines in India and about the proposed ethical guidance questionnaire that will assist researchers and ethics committees to ensure that the research is within the ethical boundaries.

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Funraise CEO Justin Wheeler and Southland Strategies President Erin Chidsey sit down to discuss how you can implement strategies that'll have your board leading the charge toward your vision. These aren't secrets; they're things you want to do but don't know how.

Learn achievable methods for engaging your board as a whole and individually, directing your board's energy, and holding them accountable for progress toward your mission. These are the goals you've always had, just tackled with an all-new outlook. By the time you're done, even board members threatening to leave your organization will be begging you to let them stay.

This podcast continues the conversation about the federal budget process but this time focuses on Congress’ role. It follows the path of the budget from the president’s office through Congressional leadership and the budget committee (that agrees to the total amount) and appropriations committee (that figures out who gets what) and how the budget is broken up into several appropriations bills to get it passed.

On Sunday, August 4th, 2019 - Pastor Steve Schilling offered up our Responsive Reading through the remainder of Psalm chapter 55. Also, Pastor Michael Miano preached a timely message regarding our necessary part in "healing the nations" as the products (leaves) of the Tree of Life (Jesus).