A bill is an idea the community or you bring forth to be debated on to become a Law.
What is a Bill?
100
consider bills, hold hearings( to hear why a bill should be a law), purpose changes(amendments), and send bills to subcommittees for further consideration
What do committees do?
100
Has to get sponsored.
What has to happen first for a bill to become a law?
100
anyone
constituents, members of a campaign, You, etc.
who can create a bill?
100
Public and Private.
name two types of bills.
200
the system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions.
What is Law?
200
16
How many Standing Committees are there?
200
3 times.
How many times does the floor read the bill?
200
A Hopper
What is the bill placed in?
200
Ship Law is history. The more information behind the law.
define Ship Law?
300
a committee composed of some members of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it.
What is subcommittee?
300
subcommittees can propose amendments.
What can subcommitees do that standing commitees cant?
300
It will not be sent for a vote.
What does it mean if a bill is tabled?
300
Congress can send it to the speaker of the H.O.R or Senate. 2/3 of a vote can also override the presidents veto.
what can congress do if a bill is vetoed by the president?
300
10,000
How many bills are introduced to congress to each year?
400
an indirect veto the president or a governor does by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with.
What is Pocket Veto?
400
Subcommittees
What does a Standing committee make?
400
10 days.
how many days does the president have to sign the bill?
400
Order of checks and balances.
Why is it important that both the U.S H.O.R and the senate agree to a bill before it is sent to the President
400
regular order = not everyone's in agreement. Different opinions.
unanimous consent= everyone's in agreement
An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records.
What is an Archivist?
500
Both house and the Senate.
Who does the conference committee manage?
500
The archivist assign the bill a number.
What is the Archivist job?
500
Goes through a longer process then gets sent to a subcommittee for further research then it gets sent back to the H.O.R to be debated on.
What can happen to a bill if changes are made to its content while it is in the committee?
500
1.Bill gets drafted 2. Introduced to the house 3. Sent to the committee 4. committee action 5.rules of the committee 6.floor action 7. introduced in senate 8. committee action 9.bill called up 10. floor action 11. conference committee 12. vote on compromised 13. presidential action 14. (optional) vote override.
Name all the steps to the bill process? for an extra challenge do it in order