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How A Bill Becomes Law
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Vocabulary
how a bill becomes a law
Step 1: Introduce the bill
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Only Congress can introduce bills
Step 2:
Committee
>Committees are groups of Senators that are important and make decisions in certain areas of the government
Step 3: Floor Action
>Congress argue over the bill in the meeting
Step 4: Voting on the bill
>Congress has to vote, unless there's a quorum
Step 5: Conferencing
>Conference about the disagreements of the House and Senate
Step 6: Voting Again
>House and Senate vote on the bill again
Step 7: Presidential Action
>The President decides what to do with the bill-- to pass it or not pass it
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Step 8: Over ride
>If Vetoed by the President, Congress can try to over ride that
Step 9:
Registering
>Once the bill is approved, it's registered in the National Archives as a law.
An example of what a fictional Conference trial could be, because we all know how long and tedious politicians are in the real world