Bills to Laws

Which of the following are true about conference committees?

• They only exist in the house of Representatives

• They only exist in the Senate

• They attempt to bridge the differences between differing provisions of bills passed in the two houses of Congress

• There's setup in order to conduct joint investigations as part of congress's oversight responsibilities

If the president vetoes a bill that bill is dead until the next Congress.

• True

• Fasle

Which of these are correct?

• Closed rule: Compromise Amendments are allowed from the floor

• open rule: amendments are allowed from the floor

• In the senate, all bills must first go through the rules committee before they are considered on the floor

For final passage of a bill, which house of congress must Give approval

• The Senate

• The house

• Both

In which house of Congress does the majority have the greatest amount of power the passage of legislation?

• The house

• Senate

• This is true both bodies

• There is no difference in the power of the majority in either House

Ideas for bills

• must by law only for members of Congress

• Can often come from outside interest groups, the executive branch, or even individual constituents.

• Must first be vetted as constitutional by the Supreme Court

• only B and C

which of the following are true about committee work with reference to bills?

• It includes what our called markup sessions

• is specialized work with each committee having particular areas of legislative responsibility

• for a bill to clear committee requires that at least two thirds of the committee supported its passage on the floor

• all of these

• only A and B

Name 3 "veto gates"

Veto gates are purely procedural - so what? why?

Why would the Founders create such a clumsy/hard system for passing laws?