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Congress - Coggle Diagram
Congress
House of Representative
Bill is Introduced in the House of Representative
Bill is referred to an appropriate House standing committee
Bill is revised in the subcommittee. If approved by the standing committee. It is sent to the Rules Committee
Bill is debated by the Full House. If approved it is sent to the Senate. If the senate has passed a related bill, it goes to a conference
Conference Committee irons out differences between the two version of the bill
Compromise version of the bill is voted on by the full Senate
Passed version of the bull is sent to the president
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close rule and open rule - limits general debate to one hour - 30 minutes for each party
Can move bill ahead of other or it can delay it
Subcommittee chair control the selection and scheduling of witnesses
If they favor a bill they can move it along, if they appose it they can kill by scheduling hearing that never end
Committee chair decides what to do with the bill
speaker distributes to various committees for study
Senate
Bill is introduced in the Senate
Bill is referred to an appropriate Senate standing committee
Bill is revised in subcommittee. If approved by the standing committee bill is set to the full senate - vote on motion to return bill to full committee - floor vote
Bill is debated by the full Senate. If approved, it is sent to the House
goes through the thing of the House of representatives
conferences committee irons out differences between the two version of the bill
Compromise version of the bill is voted on by the full House
Passed version of the bill is sent to the president
President vetoes the bill and send it to back to congress
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President signs the bill ( allows it to become a law without signing it
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