How a Bill Becomes a Law

What does a bill start out as?

• a law

• an idea

Who can sponsor a bill?

• teenagers

• a senator

• a judge

What does it mean for a bill to be drafted?

• erased

• put into writing

• pigeon hole

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives is introduced in the...

• cart

• hopper

After a bill is introduced it is...

• sent back to the hopper

• sent to the appropriate committee

What can the committee NOT do to a bill?

• reject

• pigeon hole

• destroy

• make changes

The House or Senate will debate a bill and then do what next?

• vote on it.

• send it to the president.

• veto it.

A bill that starts in the ___________ must be approved by the Senate.

• House of Representatives

• White House

A bill that starts in the ________________ must be approved by the House of Representatives.

• capital

• the Senate

After both the Senate and House of Representatives pass a bill, it is sent to...

• congress

• supreme court

• the president