2/5 Mon How a Bill Becomes a Law Quiz

What is a private bill?

• A bill dealing with individual people or places

• A bill dealing with general matters

• A bill raising taxes

• A bill about national parks

What is a rider in a bill?

• A provision on a subject related to civil rights

• A provision on a subject related to immigration

• A provision on a subject other than what is covered in the bill

• A provision on a subject covered in the bill

Why might a congressperson insert a rider in a bill?

• To speed up the process of passing the bill

• To make the bill more specific

• To make the bill more general

• To add unrelated provisions to the bill

How can a bill become a law if the president ignores it?

• It becomes a law after 10 days if Congress is not in session

• It becomes a law after 10 days if Congress is in session

• Congress overrides the veto

• President signs it

What is a way a bill can be killed?

• President signs it

• Members of Congress pass it

• Filibuster in the Senate

• Congress overrides the veto

What is a public bill?

• A bill raising taxes

• A bill dealing with individual people or places

• A bill dealing with general matters

• A bill about national parks

Why might the president ignore a bill?

• To speed up the process of passing the bill

• To show support for the bill

• To allow it to become a law after 10 days

• To veto the bill

What is a way a bill can be killed if it never makes it out of committee?

• Filibuster in the Senate

• Members of Congress pass it

• President signs it

• It never becomes a law

What is a way a bill can be killed if the president rejects it?

• Members of Congress pass it

• Veto by the president

• President signs it

• Filibuster in the Senate

What is a pocket veto?

• A provision on a subject other than what is covered in the bill

• Congress overrides the veto with 2/3 majority in each chamber

• President kills a bill passed during the end of a session of Congress by refusing to act on it

• President signs a bill during the end of a session of Congress