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Steps in making a bill to a law.
Title: Steps in making a bill to a law.
Category: History / North American History
Details: Words: 498 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Steps in making a bill to a law.
Steps in Making a Bill into a Law
Introducing the Bill and Referral to a Committee
Everybody in Congress can create a bill. The people who initiate the bill are the sponsors; any member of the same body (House or Senate) can add his or her name after the day of introduction as a cosponsor.
When a bill first starts out, it is given a certain number: H.R. stands for a House bill and …showed first 75 words of 498 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 498 total…and it becomes law. If the President opposes the bill he can veto it; or, if he takes no action after the Congress has adjourned its second session, it is a "pocket veto" and the bill fades away.
Overriding a Veto
If the President vetoes a bill, Congress may decide to attempt to "override the veto." This requires a two-thirds roll call vote of the members who are present in sufficient numbers for a override.
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