WorksheetsHow a bill becomes a law
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
What happens to most bills in committee
the die
they pass with amendments
they are filibustered
they are sent to the floor for a vote
_______is an attempt to kill a bill by talking it to death
Cloture
Filibuster
Censure
Pigeonholing
Bills must pass with a ________vote of both houses to become law
3/4s
3/5s
2/3s
51% majority
After the committee in the first house is done studying a bill, where does the bill go if they decide to recommend passage?
Conference committee
Floor vote
Calendar committee
President
After the bill goes to the Calendar committee it goes to the floor of the house, what can happen to the bill there?
vote on it
debate it
amend it
all of the other choices
If both house vote YES on the final draft, the bill finally goes to president. Which of the following is not a choice of the President?
Send the bill back to the conference committee
Sign it
Veto it
do nothing
If the President Vetoes a bill it has one last hope of becoming a law. Congress can ________ the veto with ____ vote?
override, 3/4 vote
Amend it, 2/3 vote
override, 2/3 vote
Amend with, 3/4 vote
