WorksheetsHow A Bill Becomes a Law
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A bill must pass through a _____________ before it can be voted on by the entire House or Senate.
a)
panel of judges
b)
committee
c)
President
d)
Supreme Court
2.
The only way to override a presidential veto is to get a ____________ vote in both houses of Congress in favor of the bill.
a)
majority
b)
2/3
c)
3/4
d)
unanimous
3.
IF THE PRESIDENT SIGNS A BILL WHAT HAPPENS?
a)
IT BECOMES A LAW
b)
IT GOES BACK TO THE SENATE
c)
IT IS VETOED
d)
THE PRESIDENT EATS A SANDWICH
4.
IN WHICH HOUSE CAN BILLS BE INTRODUCED
a)
YOUR HOUSE
b)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
c)
THE SENATE
d)
BOTH THE HOUSE OF REPS. OR THE SENATE
5.
When a bill passes the House, where does it go next?
a)
Senate
b)
Supreme Court
c)
President
d)
Library of Congress
6.
After a bill passes the first house it goes to the second house, what happens to it there?
a)
They sign it into law
b)
It goes through the same steps as it did in the first house
c)
They veto it
d)
It is edited by an editor
7.
After the House and the Senate debate and vote on the bill, where does the bill get sent to?
a)
Congress
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
President
d)
Legislative Branch
8.
If the House and Senate pass different version of the same bill, where does it go next?
a)
conference committee
b)
joint committee
c)
resolution committee
d)
President
9.
Where do all bills go to get voted on in both houses?
a)
Action Committees
b)
The Front Lawn
c)
The House Floor
d)
At the local school
10.
A conference committee is made up of members from which house?
a)
Senate
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Both
d)
Neither
11.
Where do most bills die?
a)
In Committee
b)
The hunger Games
c)
The Senate
d)
The House of Republics
12.
What is the extra step in the House of Representatives that the Senate does not have when passing a bill?
a)
Rules Committee
b)
Joint committee
c)
Filibuster
d)
Placed on the schedule for debate
13.
What petition must have 60 votes to end a filibuster?
a)
Cloture of Debate
b)
Bill of Attainder
c)
Ex Post Facto Bill
d)
none exists
14.
What is the Senate tradition that gives a voice to the minority party and used to prevent a vote on a bill?
a)
Filibuster
b)
Cloture of Debate
c)
Pork Barrel Politics
d)
a Rider Bill
15.
After both houses have passed a bill it goes to what next?
a)
Rules Committee
b)
Conference Committee
c)
The President
d)
the Senate
16.
If the president neither signs nor vetoes a bill within 10 days while Congress is in session, the bill
a)
is pocket vetoed
b)
becomes law
c)
is killed
d)
is sent back to Congress
17.
Senate bills are subject to unlimited debate unless 3/5 of the Senate (60 Senators) votes for _________ to stop it
a)
Filibuster
b)
Ridership
c)
Veto
d)
Cloture
18.
When a version of a bill is passed in the House and different version is passed in the Senate, it goes to...
a)
The Majority Leader
b)
Servicing
c)
The President
d)
Conference Committee
19.
A tactic to block legislation that involves one or more Senators holding the floor indefinitely is called...
a)
Filibustering
b)
Riding
c)
Logrolling
d)
Hot-Airing
20.
A conference committee is comprised of...
a)
Senators only
b)
House representatives only
c)
Members of both the Senate and House of Representatives
d)
Subcommittees in the House of Representatives
21.
____ do most of the real work in Congress.
a)
Primaries
b)
Caucuses
c)
Committees
d)
Conferences
100 %
