Legislative Process & Appointment Clock Reviews

Chapter 6

Pop Quiz 6

• On a half sheet of paper, print your first and last name along with the date in the upper right corner.

• Write the following steps in sentences from your homework:– 3– 5– 7– 10– 13

For Each item, use your chart on p. 58 to explain what the next step is likely

to be in the legislative process:

1. In a close vote, S1237, creating 2 new wildlife preserves, passed the Senate.

2. Agreeing with their Judiciary Committee, the full House passed 3 Articles of Impeachment against the president.

3. The House and Senate have passed 2 different versions of a bill on banking.

4. The president signed a trade treaty with Japan.

For Each item, use your chart on p. 58 to explain what the next step is likely

to be in the legislative process:

4. The Speaker referred HR15 to the House Agriculture Committee.

5. The President appoints Jason Miller to the position of Supreme Court Justice.

6. A compromise bill on Medicare rules has passed both houses.

7. The president vetoed a popular bill on expanding the peace corps program.

For Each item, use your chart on p. 58 to explain what the next step is likely

to be in the legislative process:

Now, complete questions 1-5 in your notebook!

Discuss each.

Floor Debates

• Read changes to bill from the committee.

• Speaker/Pro Tempore will recognize members to speak.

• When finishing speech, say, “I yield the floor.”

• Bill must be passed by a roll call vote within 30 minutes.

Quick Write

• Yesterday in the Senate, your bill, S5 was killed by a Republican filibuster. Write an obituary to your class bill. Use vocabulary (and humor) where appropriate.

Set up page 62 for activity

• 12:00: 5 Differences between the HOR and Senate – Skip about 5-7 lines

• 3:00: 7 Unusual Vocabulary about Congress– Skip 7-9 lines

• 6:00: Write a 20 Word GIST on why being on Committee is important– Skip 5-6 lines

• 9:00: 5 Ways a bill can be killed in Congress

12:00: 5 Differences between the HOR and Senate

• Use pp. 58-59 in notebook!

• Write in complete sentences.– 1

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Final Legislative Review

• Discuss the legislative simulation.

• Reorder paragraph.

• Complete the re-writing of the paragraph for p. 61.

• Distribute chapter essentials sheet.

3:00: 7 Unusual Vocabulary about Congress

• Use pp. 27-34 of your notebook!• You do not have to define the words,

but you should note what page in your notebook or textbook you can find the definition.– 1 ---5– 2 ---6– 3 ---7– 4

6:00: Write a 20 Word GIST on why being on Committee is important

• Use pp. 29, 32-33 of your notebook!

• GIST should be no more than 20 words:

9:00: 5 Ways a bill can be killed in Congress

• Use pp. 34-37 in your notebook!

• Be as specific as possible.– 1

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