Sunday, February 17, 2013

Legislative Process

First a bill in introduced to the House or the Senate and it is then referred to a committee. A subcommittee the reviews and votes on advance and it is sent back to a full committee review and they vote on the bill. If the bill was introduced in the House, the next step is different from the Senate. The Rules Committee makes special rules about the debating process and vote on them. Then in both the Senate and in the House, they debate the bill and vote on it. If it passes the House and the Senate confer and compromise on all the differences in the bill. The bill then goes back to the Senate or House and is debated on again and voted on. If it passes then it is sent to the President who has the power to veto the bill. If he signs it, the bill becomes law, if he vetos the bill, congress can override the veto with a two thirds vote.

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