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Congress. How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the House of Representatives). House of Rep. The Bill is sent to Senate. A bill is sponsored and given a title and a number. The Bill is Sent to a Committee . The Bill is Sent to a Committee. The Bill is discussed on the floor.
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How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the House of Representatives) House of Rep. The Bill is sent to Senate A bill is sponsored and given a title and a number. The Bill is Sent to a Committee. The Bill is Sent to a Committee. The Bill is discussed on the floor The Bill is discussed on the floor
How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the House of Representatives) House of Rep. The Bill is sent to Senate The Bill is Sent to a Committee. The Bill is discussed in a conference committee The Bill is discussed on the floor The Bill is sent to the President 2/3 override by both houses
How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the Senate) Senate The Bill is sent to HOR A bill is sponsored and given a title and a number. The Bill is Sent to a Committee. The Bill is Sent to a Committee. The Bill is discussed on the floor The Bill is discussed on the floor
How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the Senate) House of Rep. The Bill is sent to HOR The Bill is Sent to a Committee. The Bill is discussed in a conference committee The Bill is discussed on the floor The Bill is sent to the President 2/3 override by both houses
How a Bill Becomes a Law (short version) Bill introduced Next House Sent to committee Floor Action Conference Committee President
House of Representatives 435 members 2 year terms new congress every of odd year Speaker of the House- runs the debates in the house 2009 Speaker of the House- Nancy Pelosi 2009 House Majority Leader- Steny Hoyer 2009 House Minority Leader- John Boehner
Senate 100 members 6 year term 1/3 of senate elected every 2 years Vice President presides over the Senate Pres. Pro temp- presides over the Senate when the VP isn’t there. President- Pro Temp.- Robert Byrd Majority Floor leader- Harry Reid Vice President- Joe Biden
Our Representation for PA. District 8 Senator- Arlen Spector Senator Robert Casey Jr. District 8 Rep. Patrick Murphy
Types of bills Bill- Public Bill law that applies to the whole nation, private bills apply to only certain people or places. Presidential signature needed. Joint resolutions- temporary proposal that has power of law, also used during the Amendment process. Concurrent resolutions- Do not have the power of law, do not require presidential signatures. Congress uses them to state a position Resolutions- deal with matters concerning only the house- don’t have the power of law.
Committees Standing committee- permanent groups divided into subject Joint committees- members of both houses Rules committees- HOR – “traffic Cop”- decide which bills are heard. They can slow down, speed up, delay, or prevent a bill from being heard. Special committees- Committees set up for special purposes Conference committees- Both House and Senate Seniority rules- Seniority very important in Congress. Testimony and influence- lobbyist, interest groups, and experts Committee action- kill it, amendment it- send to floor, rewrite it- send to floor, send to floor as is recommend defeat or approval/engrossed
Floor action HOR Committee as a whole- House acts a committee, they only need 100 members to be present to make decisions Debate rules- time limits on speech Quorum- majority (218) for the House to make decisions voting methods – simple majority
Floor action of Senate Senate- no limit on speech, except 2 speech rule per day filibuster Cloture 60/100
The President Veto- Congressional override by 2/3 vote in both houses Sign into law Sit on it for 10 days pocket veto
