How a Bill Becomes a Law
A bill starts as an _____________.
What is an idea?
A person who supports a bill is called this.
What is a sponsor?
The right to say what you want without the government telling you to stop.
What is Freedom of Speech?
The right to own a gun is the _____________ Amendment.
What is the Second?
This person will write a bill.
What is a legislator or a Congressperson?
The bill starts in the House of Representatives. Then, it goes to the ________________.
What is the Senate?
You can be any religion you want to be.
What is Freedom of Religion?
The right to remain silent is which Amendment?
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Before it goes to the House Floor, a bill goes to _______________. It'll be researched and discussed here.
What is a committee?
The House needs this type of vote to get the bill to the Senate and from the Senate to the President. About 51% will do.
What is a majority vote?
The right to gather and protest peacefully.
What is Freedom of Assembly
This Amendment gives you the right to a fair and speedy trial.
What is the Sixth?
To make a bill a law, the President has to do this to it.
Hint: Mr. B does this to your hall passesWhat is signs?
The president can either sign or _________ a bill. This means he says "no" to it.
What is veto?
The right to right something without the government saying you can't write that.
What is Freedom of Press?
Police need a warrant if they want to search your property because this Amendment protects you from illegal searches.
What is the Fourth?
When the President says no to a bill it is called a ____________.
What is veto?
To save a bill, Congress needs this type of vote. 66% is needed to stop the bill from dying.
What is a supermajority vote?
The right to tell the government you're not happy about something.
What is Freedom of Petition?
This amendment protects you from cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the Eighth?