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How Does a Bill Become a Law?
Anyone can come up with ideas for a bill but only a member of Congress can introduce a bill to either house.
Under a committee chair's leadership, the committee can ignore the bill and let it die (pigeonholding) or they choose to hold hearings to better understand the implications of the bill.
A hearing are sessions at which a committee listens to testimonies from people interested in the bill.
After the hearing is complete, the committee meets up to make changes to the bill if needed.
When all changes are made, the committee votes to either kill or report the bill, which means they send to the HoR or Senate for further action.
Along with the revised bill, the committee will send a written report they wrote to the House or Senate. In here it describes the committee's actions, describes the bill, lists the major changes made, and gives opinions on the bill.
The debate on the floor of the House and Senate, followed by voting.
An identical bill must pass both Houses of Congress
A conference committee is made to smooth out differences between the seanate and house form of the bill
The president signs to approve a bill
He can also keep it for ten days when Congress is in session.
Presidential Vetos
The president can veto a bill and return it with his objections
Or he can pocket vet which means he keeps it for ten days when Congress is not in session
If the president vetoes a bill the Congress can override it with a 2/3 vote from both houses
A bill is then registered as a law
It is given a designation that states if it is a public or privite law, what Congresss passed it, and then a number