HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW
1. A ____________ is ___________________. In the House of
Representatives it
is dropped into the ___________________. In the
Senate it is read by the
senator ___________________ it. The bill
is __________________, assigned
a ___________________ and distributed to
the members of the house. This
process is called the
____________________________.
2. In the House of
Representatives the bill goes to the _____________________
There it
is checked to see if there are any ______________________ bills.
In the
Senate this job is done by the
___________________________________
3. The bill is assigned to a
_____________________ according to its ________.
4. The standing
committee discusses the bill and recommends any _____________
or
______________________. The Standing Committee may hold _____________
to
get more ________________________ about the bill. Standing Committees
may do one of three things with the bill.
1)
____________________________________________________________________
2)
____________________________________________________________________
3)
____________________________________________________________________
This
process is called the
_____________________________________________
5. A recommended
bill is sent to the ________________________________ in the
House of
Representatives. The Rules Committee places the bill on
the
_________________________, that is, a time is scheduled for the bill
to
be read on the floor before the full house. In the Senate,
_____________
_____________________ perform this task.
6. The bill is read before the entire house, discussed, and voted upon.
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7. If the bill is _________________ it is signed by the leader of that
house
and then sent to the other house where it goes through the
procedure all
over again.
8. If the bill is passed by the
second house it is signed by the ___________
of that house and sent to
the _________________________ for his signature.
9. If there are
_______________________ between the House of Representatives
and the
Senate about a bill a ___________________________________ may
be
established to settle the problem.
10. The president may
take four actions when he receives the ________________
1)
_____________________________________________________________________
2)
_____________________________________________________________________
3)
_____________________________________________________________________
4)
_____________________________________________________________________
11.
If a bill is ___________________ by the _______________________ it may
be
passed over his veto by a ________________________________ of both
the
__________________________ and the
______________________________________
This is called
__________________________________________________________