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| Step 1 of how a bill becomes a law |
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The bill is drafted
- Both houses of Congress can introduce bill
- Executive branch
- Sometimes outside groups of people
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After the bill is drafted,
what happens next? |
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The Bill is assigned to a certain committee in Congress
- Either the house or senate recieves bill
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| Where is the bill refered to after it is assigned to a committee? |
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Step 3: Subcommittee
- Specializes in broader topics within the bill
- Memebers study the bill, hold hearings and debate provisions, marks up the bill
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| What happens if the bill is passed through the subcommittee? |
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Step 4: Committee
- Full Committee considers bill for any amendments
- Must approve the bill in some form or the bill potentially dies
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| After the Bill goes through the full committee in House, where does it go next? |
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Step 4: Rules Committee
- Issues rule to govern debate on the floor
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| After the bill goes through full committee in Senate, where does it go next? |
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Step 4: Full Senate (1)
- Debates the bill and may amend it
- If it is different from the House version it must go somewhere else
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| Within the House, Where does the bill go after the rules committee? |
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Step 5: Full House (1)
- Debates the bill and may amend it
- If it is different from the senate version then it must go somewhere within the Senate
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| If the House and Senate have different views on the bill, where does ti go to be decided on? |
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Step 6: conference Committee
- The Senators an Representatives meet
- reconcile differences between bills
- When agreement is reached, a compromise bill is sent somewhere else
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| When the agreement is reached in the Conference Committee, where is the compromise bill sent? |
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| When the agreement is made in the conference committee, where does the bill go within the house? |
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| If Both Houses of congress pass the bill, where is the last place it goes? |
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Step 8: President
- If vetoed congress can override it by a 2/3 majority vote to pass it and make it a law
- president can sign, veto or do nothing about the bill
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