Chapter 7 lesson 4: How a Bill Becomes Law

During each session of Congress, more than 10,000 new bills become laws.

• True

• False

A bill dies if it does not have a three-fifths vote of Congress.

• True

• False

During floor debate, members of the Senate but not the House can add riders to a bill.

• True

• False

Conference committees meet to work out the differences between a House and a Senate version of a bill.

• True

• False

A standing committee can choose to send a bill back to its sponsor for changes.

• True

• False

Which of the following is one of the three main sources of ideas for bills?

• special-interest groups

• standing committees

• state governments

• Supreme Court

Who decides whether the House or Senate will vote on a bill?

• the bill’s sponsor

• the president

• a special-interest group

• a standing committee

The Civil Rights Act was debated for 57 days until

• at least one-half of the Senate voted for cloture to end the filibuster.

• at least three-fifths of the Senate voted for cloture to end the filibuster.

• the House of Representatives ended the filibuster.

• the Senate unanimously ended the filibuster.

Voting in the Senate is done by

• standing vote and recorded vote.

• standing vote, roll-call vote, and pocket vote.

• voice vote and recorded vote.

• voice vote, standing vote, and roll-call vote.