1. Agenda- 2/15 Grab the worksheet and chromebook!
Current Events
Warm-up: Final Bill Editing
Crash Course Government: How a Bill Becomes a Law (LS)
Lecture: How a Bill Becomes a Law (RS)
“I’m Just a Bill” (LS)
HW: Final Bill Draft (LS)

2. Warm-up
As a group, based on your final versions, pick the best bill in your group. This is the bill that you will be “bringing to the floor” (presenting to the class) on Friday.
As a group, discuss what changes need to be made to the bill for Friday so that they can be made tonight, and who will be “sponsoring” (presenting) the bill. The sponsor does NOT have to be the author.

3. Crash Course Government How a Bill Becomes a Law

4. Unit 2 Lecture 6 How a Bill Becomes a Law
What is the process by which a bill passes through both houses of Congress to become a law?

5. How does a bill start?
-A bill can originate in the House or Senate, but must pass both before going to the President
-Today, for the sake of consistency, all bills will start in the House and end in the Senate

6. How does a bill start?
-House member has an idea for a bill and writes it up
-The clerk registers the bill
-The bill is sent to the appropriate committee
-If the committee likes it, it is placed on the calendar and sent to…

7. The House Floor -The Committee of the Whole -Need a quorum -Debate
-Time is limited in the House because of its 435 members
-Voting
-Needs a majority (218) to pass
-Then sent on to…

8. The Senate
-The Senate process is the same in terms of committees, calendars, etc.
-Difference: Debate!
-Filibuster: trying to talk a bill to death
-Voting
-Must pass with a majority (51) of Senators
-So is it law yet?

9. NO!!! The bill must go to a… -Conference Committee
-Then the President can do one of four things:
1. Sign the bill into law
2. Veto the bill
3. Pocket veto the bill
4. Allow the bill to
become law by letting it sit on his desk unsigned for 10 days

10. “I’m Just a Bill”
And now in preschool format...