How a Bill Becomes a Law

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• How a  Bill Becomes a Law

• Introduced by a member of Congress

• In the HOR, a bill dropped off in a hopper

• Speaker of the House assigns it to a committe

• House Committee researches, debates the bill

• Sent to the House Floor (all members of the HOR) to vote on

• If the bill passes the HOR, goes to the Senate (process starts over again)

• Majority leader of the Senate assigns the bill to a committee

• Next goes to the Senate floor (all the Senators vote yea or nay)

• Both House of the Congress must pass the bill before it goes to the President

• Bill passes go the President.President can do 3 things

• Sign it & the bill becomes law

• veto the bill

• Use his pocket veto ( ignore itm if it the last 10 D SAYS of Congress session it will not become law.