How a Bill Becomes Law 12/16/14

Bell Ringer: What is a bill? What is a law? THEN… Get out your homework from yesterday (watching the news/reporting back)

Objective Identify the steps to pass a bill into law Further understand the issues surrounding Congress

Reminders: No binders after tomorrow Quiz on Friday over Legislative Branch

Definitions Bill: A proposed law Law: System (set) of rules of a government/town

Homework So what did you find on Congress? Let’s discuss Approval rating is 14% (last week) the-fix/wp/2014/04/10/president- obama-said-the-113th-congress-is-the- least-productive-ever-is-he-right/

How does a Bill Become a Law? WIQPo WIQPo

Review/Steps 1. Proposal: Representative writes up a bill and gets support 2. Introduction: Assigned a number and sent to committee for close review

Steps 3. The Report: Ok’d by committee: sent to the House for debate 4. Floor Debate: All reps get a chance to read the bill, changes are made if necessary

Steps 5. The Vote: Changes made, then read again. Here they vote yes, no, present (no vote) 6. The Delivery: Bill arrives at the Senate and goes through the SAME process as in the House

7. To the President!: If both houses approve, it will go to the President to sign. If signed, it becomes a law. If VETOED, it doesn’t. * Congress can override with 2/3 votes ** Only 10% of all bills pass!

Activity Now your turn to “play” Congress and get a feel for what Congress really has to go through Groups: Please remember to get in to them tomorrow!!!