How a Bill Becomes a Law

How a Bill Becomes a Law

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What is a bill?

• A change to an official document

• A law that has been made official

• A proposed law that hasn't been passed yet

• An introduction to a law

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What is another name for a law?

• amendment

• committee

• legislator

• legislation

Match

Match the following

• A proposed law not yet passed

• Laws

• Lawmaker

• a group of lawmakers that work together to write a bill

• Rules for the public to live by

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Legislation

Legislator

Committee

Laws

• Bill

• Legislation

• Legislator

• Committee

• Laws

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What is a veto?

• approval of a law by the president

• rejection of a law by the president

• when congress goes over a presidential decision

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Who can come up with an idea for a law?

• me

• the President

• A member of Congress

• all of the above

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Match the following

• Half of Congress that is made representatives according to each state's population

• Half of Congress that is made of 2 representatives from each state

• A discussion session among Congressmen about bills

• A place for a bill to "wait its' turn to be talked about and passed along

House of Representatives

Senate

House Floor

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• House of Representatives

• Senate

• House Floor

• Hopper

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a committee?

• They make a law official

• They suggest ideas for laws

• They research and write the bill

Match

Match the following

• An argument between 2 sides of a topic to convince an audience of their proposal

• Someone or something that disagrees or opposes an idea

• Edits or adjustments to improve the quality of something

• Over half of something

Debate

Opposition

Revision

Majority

• Debate

• Opposition

• Revision

• Majority

Multiple Choice

What percentage of support does a bill need in order to pass in a Congressional house?

• 50%

• 51%

• 60%

• 100%

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When a bill goes through ​

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The Floor

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committees and debates

Senate Chamber

Senate Hall

House Chamber

Multiple Choice

After a bill passes through one house of Congress it must then go to-

• The President

• The Supreme Court

• The other house

Multiple Choice

True or False: a Bill must pass with at least 51% in both houses of Congress in order to move on?

• True

• False

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What can happen to a bill after not getting 51% in one or both of the houses?

• The bill can go back to the other house or congress for revisions

• The bill can eventually be shut down

• The bill gets sent back to a committee for revisions

• The is automatically shut down

• The bill goes to the president to be signed or vetoed

Multiple Choice

If a bill receives 51% support in both houses what happens next?

• It becomes a law

• It must go to the Supreme Court

• It must go to the President for approval

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What happens if a president vetoes a bill?

• It is sent back to Congress for revisions

• It can never become a law

• The law is passed

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When can Congress override a presidential veto?

• When they get a 2/3rds vote in both houses

• When they get 51% support in both houses

• When they get approval from the Supreme Court

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Reorder the following

• Someone brings up an idea for Congress to make a bill

• Bill is sent to first house of congress to be revised, debated, and voted on

• Bill is sent to second house of congress to be revised, debated, and voted on

• Bill is sent to the President to be signed into law or to be vetoed

• Congress attempts to override a President's veto with 2/3 votes

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True or False: the Supreme Court has to review all laws before they are passed?

• True

• False