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📚2.10B (9/22): Article 1, Legislative Branch Makes Laws: Thinking Map…
📚2.10B (9/22): Article 1, Legislative Branch Makes Laws: Thinking Map Assignment- Flow Map How Laws are Made
A Bill is Introduced
Committee Action
The bill is assigned to a committee and a subcommittee, where it is researched, debated, and potentially amended.
Committees hold hearings and may vote to pass the bill to the full chamber, or they can "table" it, which effectively kills it.
Floor Action
If a committee approves the bill, it goes to the floor of the House or Senate for debate by the full chamber.
Members can offer further amendments before a vote is held.
Voting
If a simple majority of members votes in favor of the bill in the first chamber, it moves to the other chamber.
The bill then goes through a similar process of committee review and floor debate in the second chamber.
Conference Committee
If the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill, a conference committee with members from both chambers may be formed to reconcile the differences.
The final version must be approved by both the House and the Senate.
Presidential Action
Once both chambers pass the identical bill, it is sent to the President for consideration.
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Veto the bill: The President rejects the bill and sends it back to Congress with a reason for the veto.
Take no action: If Congress is in session, the bill automatically becomes law after 10 days.
Pocket Veto: If Congress adjourns within 10 days, the bill is automatically vetoed.
Overriding a Veto
Congress can override a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate, at which point the bill becomes law without the President's signature.
An idea for a law is drafted as a bill by a member of Congress.
The bill is introduced in either the House of Representatives or the Senate
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