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How does a bill become a law?

INAME PERIOD GOVERNMENT DATE HOW DOES t is not easy for a bill to become a law. There are approximately 5,000-10,000 bills introduced into Congress each year. However, only about 100-200 bills are signed into law. Oftentimes similar bills are sent to the House of Representatives and the Senate at the same time. A bill’s path through Congress takes a long time and involves many steps. Both houses must give a Majority Approval of the Same Exact bill, word for word, before it goes to the President, who could approve or veto it. If approved, the bill becomes a law. If vetoed, the Bill is rejected and dies.

Introduction of a Bill: Bills, or written ideas for a law, can start in either house of Congress. They can be introduced by citizens, Congressmen, or be proposals from the President.



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Committee Stage: Committee members investigate the bill and debate whether to approve, amend, or kill the bill. Most changes occur at this stage. If approved, the bill is sent to the house’s floor for debate. However, most bills die at this stage.






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On the Floor for Consideration: The bill is debated on the floor of the house where the bill began. The bill is approved or killed. If it is approved it is sent to the other legislative house, and sent to the committee stage.






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Consideration by the Other House: On the floor of the second house, the bill is again debated and either approved or killed. Is the same exact version of the bill is approved by a simple majority of both Houses it is sent to the President. If differences exist, the two versions of the bill go to the Senate-House Conference Committee.









Senate-House Conference Committee:

If differences exist between the Senate and House versions of the bill, a Conference Committee, made up of members from both Houses, “iron out” the differences and create a compromise bill





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Both houses of Congress must approve the compromise bill before it can go to the President.





Directions: Use the Flow Chart and our discussion on how a bill becomes a law to answer the following questions about the process.


1) What is the difference between a bill and a law?







2) What happens if the House and the Senate approve similar bills, but not identical bills?







3) What parts of the law-making process lies in the Legislative Branch?







4) What parts of the law-making process lies in the Executive Branch?







5) What checks and balances exist between the Legislative and Executive Branch in the law-making process?








6) How do you think the people of the United States have a say in the law-making process?



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