How a Bill Becomes Law 121614 Bell Ringer
How a Bill Becomes Law 12/16/14
Bell Ringer: What is a bill? What is a law? • THEN… • Get out your homework from yesterday (watching the news/reporting back)
Objective • Identify the steps to pass a bill into law • Further understand the issues surrounding Congress
Reminders: • No binders after tomorrow • Quiz on Friday over Legislative Branch
Definitions • Bill: A proposed law • Law: System (set) of rules of a government/town
Homework • So what did you find on Congress? Let’s discuss Approval rating is 14% (last week) http: //www. washingtonpost. com/blogs /the-fix/wp/2014/04/10/presidentobama-said-the-113 th-congress-is-theleast-productive-ever-is-he-right/
How does a Bill Become a Law? • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Otbml 6 WIQPo
Review/Steps • 1. Proposal: Representative writes up a bill and gets support • 2. Introduction: Assigned a number and sent to committee for close review
Steps • 3. The Report: Ok’d by committee: sent to the House for debate • 4. Floor Debate: All reps get a chance to read the bill, changes are made if necessary
Steps • 5. The Vote: Changes made, then read again. Here they vote yes, no, present (no vote) • 6. The Delivery: Bill arrives at the Senate and goes through the SAME process as in the House
• 7. To the President!: If both houses approve, it will go to the President to sign. If signed, it becomes a law. If VETOED, it doesn’t. • * Congress can override with 2/3 votes • ** Only 10% of all bills pass!
Activity • Now your turn to “play” Congress and get a feel for what Congress really has to go through • Groups: Please remember to get in to them tomorrow!!!
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