How a bill becomes a law 7th
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- Q14 %What percent of bills become laws?30s
- Q2What it is called when the President doesn't sign a bill and the time period expires, making the bill no longer validPocket veto30s
- Q3What is ten daysHow long does the President have to sign the bill before it becomes void?30s
- Q4What is a billA proposal for a law30s
- Q5Who can suggests billsRepresentatives or Senators30s
- Q6Where does the bill start outWhichever house the person who suggested it belongs to30s
- Q7What happens to bill after it is introduced to CongressIt goes to the appropriate committee30s
- Q8What is a committeeA mix of both parties that research, discuss, and make changes to the bill within each branch30s
- Q9What happens to it after it goes through the committeeGoes to the full House/Senate to get voted on30s
- Q10What is a conference committeeCompromise two versions of the bill into one; made up of Representatives and Senators30s
- Q11What is necessary to send a bill to the conference committeeIt has to be passed by a simple majority30s
- Q12After the conference committee, a bill must be passed by what to be sent whereB. The President30s
- Q13What can the President do when receiving the billHe can ignore it by letting 10 days or sign it or veto it30s
- Q14What is the elastic clauseTo make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying out30s
- Q15What is the House of RepresentativesAll bills dealing with money must begin where?30s