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Congress
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 sent to the full senate
Bill is debated by the full senate if approved it is sent to the house
Compromise version of the bill is voted on by the full senate
House
Bill is introduced in the House of representatives
Bill is refereed to the to an appropriate house standing committee
in house, speaker distributes to various committees for study
assistance from parliamentarians
-committee chair decides what to do with the bill
-Ignore it or hold hearings
Bill is revised in subcommittee. If approved by the standing committee, its sent to the rules of committee
-subcommittee chairs control the selection and scheduling of witnesses
Begins with a legislative hearing in front of subcommittee to listen to testimonies and gather information
If they favor a bill they can move it along, if they oppose it they can kill it by scheduling hearings that never end
-After hearings end, subcommittee members determine bills final language and amend it
Standing Committee
-can accept the bill as it is or amend it further and can hold more hearings and its own markup session
Rules Committee decided when the bill will be debated by the full house
Can move bill ahead of others or it can delay it
-Sets rules for debate
Closed rule—severely limits floor debate and amendments; easier to get through House
Open rule—allows floor debate and introduction of amendments that could cripple or kill the bill
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 committee
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-A bill must be voted on by both houses
If bill is changed in either house, they must work together to work out a compromise version
Usually happens informally, but sometimes bill is sent to a joint conference committee
Work out a compromise that a majority in both chambers can accept and president will sign
Agreement must have backing of majority of each chambers conferees and goes back to House and Senate for and up-or-down vote.
Must be adopted or rejected as is
Compromise version of the bill is voted on by the house
Passed version of the bill is sent to the president
Executive branch
President signs the bill (or allows it to become law without signing it)
Bill becomes law
Congress
Congress overrides the veto with a two-thirds vote in both houses
Bill becomes law
Conference committees irons out differences between the two versions of the bill
president vetoes the bill and sends it back to congress