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From a Bill to a Law

Quiz by J Crissman

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19 questions
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  • Q1
    4 %
    What percent of bills become laws?
    30s
  • Q2
    What it is called when the President doesn't sign a bill and the time period expires, making the bill no longer valid
    Pocket veto
    30s
  • Q3
    What is ten days
    How long does the President have to sign the bill before it becomes void?
    30s
  • Q4
    What is a bill
    A proposal for a law
    30s
  • Q5
    Who can suggests bills
    Representatives or Senators
    30s
  • Q6
    Where does the bill start out
    Whichever house the person who suggested it belongs to
    30s
  • Q7
    What happens to bill after it is introduced to Congress
    It goes to the appropriate committee
    30s
  • Q8
    What is a committee
    A mix of both parties that research, discuss, and make changes to the bill within each branch
    30s
  • Q9
    What happens to it after it goes through the committee
    Goes to the full House/Senate to get voted on
    30s
  • Q10
    What is a conference committee
    Compromise two versions of the bill into one; made up of Representatives and Senators
    30s
  • Q11
    What is necessary to send a bill to the conference committee
    It has to be passed by a simple majority
    30s
  • Q12
    After the conference committee, a bill must be passed by what to be sent where
    A. Full House and Full Senate
    30s
  • Q13
    After the conference committee, a bill must be passed by what to be sent where
    B. The President
    30s
  • Q14
    What is an option the President has when he receives the bill?
    1. He can pass it by signing it
    30s
  • Q15
    What is a second thing the President can do when he receives the bill?
    2. He can veto it, and then Congress in each house will have to have a two thirds majority to override
    30s

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