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Congress and How a Bill Becomes a Law
A bill is first introduced through either the House of Representatives or the Senate. Then it goes to their full committees. In the House, their full committees and sub committees can both revise a bill yet in Senate only the full committee can revise. The House is obviously quite larger when it comes to members in committees. Therefore, they have the House Rules Committee which include certain rules. Some of the rules consist of when the bill will be voted on, whether or not a bill will receive a closed or open rule, and how long a debate on a bill will last. These rules are reasoned by the majority party. On the other hand, the Senate has no Rules Committee, their majority leader is the rule constructer. There is unlimited debate unless a cloture is voted on by three-fifths...
This section contains 495 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |