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Congress
How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the House of Representatives)
House of Rep.
A bill is sponsored and given a title and
a number.
The Bill is Sent to a Committee.
The Bill is discussed on the floor
The Bill is sent to Senate
The Bill is Sent to a Committee.
The Bill is discussed on the floor
How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the House of Representatives)
House of Rep. The Bill is sent to Senate
The Bill is Sent to a Committee.
The Bill is discussed on the floor
The Bill is discussed in a conference
committee
The Bill is sent to the President
2/3 override by both houses
How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the Senate)
Senate
A bill is sponsored and given a title and
a number.
The Bill is Sent to a Committee.
The Bill is discussed on the floor
The Bill is sent to HOR
The Bill is Sent to a Committee.
The Bill is discussed on the floor
How a Bill Becomes a Law (A bill that starts in the Senate)
House of Rep. The Bill is sent to HOR
The Bill is Sent to a Committee.
The Bill is discussed on the floor
The Bill is discussed in a conference
committee
The Bill is sent to the President
2/3 override by both houses
How a Bill Becomes a Law (short version)
Bill introducedSent to
committee
Floor Action
Next House
Conference Committee
President
House of Representatives
435 members
2 year terms
new congress every of odd year
Speaker of the House- runs the debates in the house
2009 Speaker of the House- Nancy Pelosi 2009 House Majority Leader- Steny Hoyer
2009 House Minority Leader- John Boehner
Senate100 members
6 year term
1/3 of senate elected every 2 years
Vice President presides over the Senate
Pres. Pro temp- presides over the Senate when the VP isn’t there.
Vice President- Joe BidenPresident- Pro Temp.- Robert Byrd
Majority Floor leader- Harry Reid
Our Representation for PA. District 8
Senator- Arlen Spector Senator Robert Casey Jr.
District 8 Rep. Patrick Murphy
Types of billsBill- Public Bill law that applies to the whole nation, private bills apply to only certain people or places. Presidential signature needed.
Joint resolutions- temporary proposal that has power of law, also used during the Amendment process.
Concurrent resolutions- Do not have the power of law, do not require presidential signatures. Congress uses them to state a position
Resolutions- deal with matters concerning only the house- don’t have the power of law.
Standing committee- permanent groups divided into subject
Joint committees- members of both houses
Rules committees- HOR – “traffic Cop”- decide which bills are heard. They can slow down, speed up, delay, or prevent a bill from being heard.
Special committees- Committees set up for special purposes
Conference committees- Both House and Senate
Seniority rules- Seniority very important in Congress.
Testimony and influence- lobbyist, interest groups, and experts
Committee action- kill it, amendment it- send to floor, rewrite it- send to floor, send to floor as is recommend defeat or approval/engrossed
Committees
Floor action HORCommittee as a whole- House acts a committee, they only need 100 members to be present to make decisions
Debate rules- time limits on speech
Quorum- majority (218) for the House to make decisions
voting methods – simple majority
Floor action of Senate
Senate- no limit on speech, except 2 speech rule per day
filibuster
Cloture
60/100
The PresidentVeto- Congressional override by 2/3 vote in both houses
Sign into law
Sit on it for 10 days
pocket veto