Legislative Process

Who can introduce a bill in Congress?

• members of Congress

• Congress members or the president

• President

• just the Speaker of the House

Revenue bills . . .

• must begin in the House of Representatives

• must begin in the Senate

• can begin in either the House or the Senate

• can only be introduced by the president

Who determines which House committee receives which bill?

• Vice President

• Party Whip

• House Minority Leader

• Speaker of the House

Determines the calendar for the House Floor and the rules of debate for each bill

• standing committee

• conference committee

• rules committee

What is a bill?

• a piece of the Constitution

• a piece of legislation that is yet to become law

Where does the bill go after it is introduced?

• To the governor
• To the voters
• To an agency
• To a committee

After a bill passes the first house it goes to the second house, what happens to it there?

• They sign it into law
• It goes through the same steps as it did in the first house
• They veto it
• It is edited by an editor

After the House and the Senate debate and vote on the bill, where does the bill get sent to?

• Congress
• Judicial Branch
• President
• Legislative Branch

For a bill to become a law, it must...

• receive a majority vote in both chambers and then be signed by the president

• receive a majority vote in the house and then be signed by the president

• receive a majority vote in the senate and then be signed by the president

The presiding officer in the House of Representatives

• Vice President

• Minority leader

• Majority leader

• Speaker of the House