4. First Step: Introduced, given a name and number Types of Bills & Resolutions Joint Resolutions: a proposal for action; has the same force as a law; usually temporary Concurrent Resolutions: statement on a position; does not have the force of law; no presidential approval

5. › Resolution : Opinion on a matter; does not have the force of law; no presidential approval › Bill : proposed law; applies to the entire nation  Bill in Committee › Most bills introduced Congress are pigeonholed – die in committee

6.  Committee –the committee can choose to do one of the following. › Report the bill favorably, with a “do pass” › Refuse to report the bill. › Report the bill amended. › Report of the bill unfavorably. › Report a committee bill(completely rewrite it)

7.  Each bill is debated on the floor. Congress members makes speeches for and against the bill.

8.  The Senate also discusses the bill and chooses if it should be passed or not.

9.  The President can either sign the bill or veto the bill. Or

10.  The president may sign the bill, and it then becomes law (LAW)  The president may veto the bill. He will not sign and will attach a veto message to the bill. (NOT LAW, YET – Congress may get a combined 2/3 agreement – BECOMES LAW)  The president may allow the bill to become law without signing it – by not acting on it within 10 days, not counting Sundays, of receiving it. (LAW)  Pocket Veto : If Congress adjourns its session within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, and the president does not act, the measure dies. (NOT LAW)

11.  The Supreme Court can strike down a law if it is unconstitutional

12.  Writing of the bill  Committee –the committee can choose to do one of the following. › Report the bill favorably, with a “do pass” › Refuse to report the bill. › Report the bill amended. › Report of the bill unfavorably. › Report a committee bill(completely rewrite it)  Floor Debate  Floor Voting

13. A. the presiding officer of the House or Representatives, B. the people a political figure represents. C. the person that presides when the president is gone. D. the presiding officer of the Senate; in Congress [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

14. A. period of time in which a congress member serves. B. period of time during which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business. C. all of the seats are never up for election at the same time. D. the drawing of electoral district lines to advantage a group. [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

15. A.a closed meeting of a party’s House or Senate members. B.all of the seats are never up for election at the same time. C. unwritten rule in both houses that the person who has been a member the longest belongs in leadership. D. the drawing of electoral district lines to advantage a group. [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

16. A. the presiding officer of the House or Representatives B. the presiding officer of the Senate; in Congress C. the person that presides when the president is gone. [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

17. A. the presiding officer of the House or Representatives B. the presiding officer of the Senate; in Congress C. the person that presides when the president is gone. [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

18. A. True B. False

19. A. True B. False

20. A. permanent committee in a legislative body to which bills in a specified subject matter are referred. B. legislative committee composed of members of both houses. C. temporary joint committee created to reconcile any differences between the two houses’ versions of a bill. [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

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