How a Bill becomes a Law Quiz

Congress is made up of which two chambers (houses)?

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• House of Representatives

• President

A bill must pass through a _____________ before it can be voted on by the entire House or Senate.

• panel of judges
• committee
• President
• Supreme Court

where does the bill go after the committee (senate)?

• floor of the house

• house

• floor of the senate

• bill dies

where does a bill go after it passes in the House and Senate?

• committee (house)

• president

• floor of the senate

• House of Representatives

What's a Public Bill?

• Concerns individual people or places

• Concerns a certain place

• Concerns the entire nation

• Concerns people of Congress

What happens if the president does not like the bill?

• He still signs the bill

• He can veto the bill

• He can rewrite the bill

• Nothing, the bill is already a law

What is a Bill?

• A law

• An idea for a new law

• The introduction to the Constitution

• The Legislative Branch

What is a committee?

• A group of people who meet to discuss a bill

• The President and his advisors

• The Speaker of the House

• The majority leader of the Senate

How is the creation of a bill started?

• idea

• bill

• house of reps.

• commitee (house)

Can the Senate make changes to a bill that passed the House?

• No
• Maybe
• Yes
• Depends