A bill is an idea the community or you bring forth to be debated on to become a Law.
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What do committees do?
consider bills, hold hearings( to hear why a bill should be a law), purpose changes(amendments), and send bills to subcommittees for further consideration
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What has to happen first for a bill to become a law?
Has to get sponsored.
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who can create a bill?
anyone
constituents, members of a campaign, You, etc.
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name two types of bills?
public and Private.
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What is Law?
the system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions.
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How many Standing Committees are there?
16
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How many times does the floor read the bill?
3 times.
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What is the bill placed in?
A Hopper
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define Ship Law?
Ship Law is history. The more information behind the law.
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what is subcommittee?
a committee composed of some members of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it.
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What can subcommittees do that standing committees cant?
subcommittees can propose amendments.
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What does it mean if a bill is tabled?
It will not be sent for a vote.
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what can congress do if a bill is vetoed by the president?.
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
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How many bills are introduced to congress to each year?
10,000
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What is Pocket Veto?
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.
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What does a Standing committee make?
Subcommittees
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how many days does the president have to sign the bill?
10 days.
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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?
regular order = not everyone's in agreement. Different opinions.
unanimous consent= everyone's in agreement
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What is an Archivist?
An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records.
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Who does the conference committee manage?
Both house and the Senate.
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What is the Archivist job?
The archivist assign the bills a number.
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What can happen to a bill if changes are made to its content while it is in the committee?
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.
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Name all the steps to the bill process? for an extra challenge do it in order.
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.