how a bill becomes a law cp chapter 12. the rough draft starts in congress (house or senate)...
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How a Bill Becomes a Law
CP Chapter 12
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The Rough Draft
Starts in Congress (House or Senate)
Researched
Passes
President signs it into a law
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Where do Bills come from?
About 70% come from the President—Executive branch
About 20% come from interest groups
10% from Congress
Rarely do private citizens get to submit bills
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Types of Bills
Private – Pertains to certain persons or places
Public – Apply to the entire nation
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Resolutions (like bills but not)
Not laws but some change in policy—internal rules
Joint Resolution – Must be signed by the President to be valid
Concurrent Resolution – Does not need President’s signature
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How Many?
About 8-10,000 bills are proposed each year
(30-40 each day)
1,500-2,000 will pass into law
(6-10 each day)
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Lets get Started
Submitted by a member of Congress
First reading – The bill is assigned a number (HR- in the House; S- in the Senate)
Bill is referred to the Rules Committee *(It can be killed by the Rules committee)
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The Rules Committee
The MOST powerful committee in the House
Sends bill to the appropriate standing committee for consideration
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CommitteesWhere the work is done for Congress
Chairperson – Majority party leader (Seniority Rule)
Odd number of congress members (majority party has larger # of seats)
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Standing
Select
Joint
Conference
Types of Committees
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Permanent or Temporary
StandingHouse OR Senate
JointHouse AND Senate
SelectHouse OR Senate
ConferenceHouse AND Senate
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House Committees
20 Standing (10-75 members)
4 Joint
About 61 subcommittees
A member can sit on up to
6 standing and 6 sub
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Step 2
Rules Comm. Sends bill to appropriate Committee
Committee can pigeonhole or pass to sub-committee
Sub-committee researches
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Sub-Committee Work
1. Junket (trip to investigate)2. Expert testimony (listen to
experts about the subject dealt with in bill)
3. Public hearing (non-experts that have knowledge or personal experience)
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Sub-Committee Reports
A) Favorable (agree with the bill)B) Unfavorable (disagree)C) Refuse (no report- pigeonhole)D) Amended (some change)E) Committee bill (entirely new bill)
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Step 3 Calendars (5)
Bill is put on a calendar (if not dead already)Placed on 1 of the 5 Calendars (can die there)Type of bill determines which calendar
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CalendarsUnion– Bills that have to do with spending moneyHouse– Public billsPrivate– Private bills Correction– Minor issues from other calendars(“no–brainer”)Discharge– Petition of discharge (end a pigeonhole)
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Step 4 DebateCalled off the calendar by Speaker to the floor for debate – 2nd Reading Can be pigeonholed (die)Debate is run by Comm. ChairQuorum – Number needed to vote for a bill (218)No quorum=Comm. Of Whole
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DebateThe Committee of the Whole (between 100 and 217) the House can do work as 1 large committee Cannot call for a voteDebate in the House is limited-- 1 hour total (1/2 FOR and
1/2 AGAINST)
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Debate
Any one Rep. Can speak for 5 minutesDebate can be ended at any time by the SpeakerDebate must be germane (on topic)Riders/Amendments
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Step 5 Voting
A few old waysToday=Computer (Electronic voting) “Yea” “Nay” “Present”If bill is PASSED (It can die)– 3rd Reading
Signed by SpeakerSent to Senate
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Senate
Introduced by a Senator – 1st Reading (may have come from the House)Titled and numberedAssigned to a committee by the Majority leader
-- Investigatory work same as House (or shared by House)
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Senate Committees
17 Standing (14-28 members)
4 Joint
About 70 subcommittees
A member can serve on up to
2 standing and 6 sub
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Calendar
Reported out of committee (70 sub-committees)Placed TWO calendars – the Legislative or ExecutiveCalled to floor by Majority leader for debate (pigeon hole)
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Debate
Debate is UNLIMITED (can be NON-germane) Filibuster – Senators try to talk a bill to death (minority)Record 24 hours 18 min.The threat of a filibuster is enough to table a bill
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More Debate
Double Tracking – Bill is pulled off the calendar, sent back through committee to make it more acceptable; Avoid a filibusterCloture – 60 Senators need to vote to end filibusterHard to get 60
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Voting
Roll call is most common
Still need a quorum (51)
W/o quorum—they go home
Bill in Senate must be Identical to House (riders)
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Conference Committee
If bills are different in H/S
To get bill agreeable to both the House and Senate
If no agreement--dies
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Action by the President
Usually (99%) signs it into law (2 ways)
Can veto it (2 ways) (dies)
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Law Veto1.Sign the bill
2. 10 Day Rule – President does not sign AND congress is IN session – bill passes
1. Pocket Veto–10 days not signed AND congress is NOT in session – bill dies
2. Veto –(letter of veto)
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Override by Congress
The Bill can still pass
-- Congress can override a veto (or pocket veto) with 2/3 vote in the House and Senate
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End of the Line
Any bill that does not get called from a calendar for a vote dies at the end of the year
It must be reintroduced in the next session
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