How a Bill Becomes a Law

An ______________ is introduced by the representative.

• bill

• idea

• law

• vote

Once introduced, an idea can then become a ____________.

• vote

• bill

• law

• executive order

_____________ are held to help Congress learn more about the issue.

• Hearings

• Lessons

• Presidential lectures

• Court cases

Both houses of Congress _______________ or discuss the contents of the bill.

• Zoom call

• fight

• deliberate

• ignore

The bill must be passed in ___ to go to the president.

• the Senate

• the House

• the Supreme Court

• both chambers of Congress

The bill heads over to the White House for presidential review. If it is signed , it becomes a _____________ .

• executive order

• bill

• law

• idea

Imagine you are introducing a bill on Air and Water Quality. Who would you want to give testimony? Who can teach your colleagues the most about this issue? Look at the list below:

1. Allergy Sufferer
2. an official from the Department of Energy
3. a Famous Actor
4. a Green Energy Activist
5. an English Professor

Explain why you chose that person as well.

Members of the House of Representatives represent

• entire states

• a region with a number of states

• a district within a state

• nobody

Members of the Senate represent

• entire states

• the whole country

• a district within a state

• aliens from Mars

In order to become a law, a bill must pass

• only the House

• only the Senate

• both the House and the Senate