Quiz: How a Bill becomes Law

Which statement is true? A bill moves from the House to the White House. H.R. signifies a House bill and S. signifies a Senate bill The President pro tempore gives the final vote on a bill. A standing bill is one that has been passed as a law.

H.R. signifies a House bill and S. signifies a Senate bill

In any minor change by one house of Congress, the next usual step is for the legislation to go back to the first house for _____.

concurrence

A time when the good and bad aspects of a bill are discussed is a _____.

hearing

Either the House or Senate can ________ a bill.

introduce

______ means that the subcommittee might make changes and add amendments before they recommend a bill to the full committee.

marking up

A brief, "first-step" presentation of a work to be completed is called a ______.

draft

It's a bad sign for your bill if _____

the subcommittee lets it sit

If a committee does not act on a bill, it's the same as if they would have ______

vetoed it down

If the President doesn't want to deal with a bill and lets it sit for ______ days while Congress is in session, it automatically becomes law.

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Select the statement(s) that are NOT true. A President may be able to ignore the Congressional override of his veto, even if they have enough votes. Discussing and even arguing over a legislation is called ordering a bill reported. Sponsoring the bill means you must pay the Senator.

A President may be able to ignore the Congressional override of his veto, even if they have enough votes. Discussing and even arguing over a legislation is called ordering a bill reported. Sponsoring the bill means you must pay the Senator.

Which statement is NOT true? Sponsor: A member of Congress who is willing to introduce and back the legislation. Ordering a bill reported: A subcommittee reads its recommendation to both houses of Congress. Discussing and even arguing over points of a matter is called debating.

Sponsor: A member of Congress who is willing to introduce and back the legislation.

Select the ways in which a bill may die. Select all that apply. - the Rules Committee or Senate Desk never assigns it an HR or S number - a special interest group lobbies a Senator too much - a committee simply doesn't address it once it come to the committee the President lets it sit on her/his desk for too long - the bill the Senate passes is too different from - the one the House passes and they cannot reconcile it into a comprehensive bill that satisfies both chambers

a committee simply doesn't address it once it come to the committee the one the House passes and they cannot reconcile it into a comprehensive bill that satisfies both chambers

Whenever one house of Congress significantly alters a bill, _____.

a conference committee is formed to reconcile the different versions of the bill

Which statement is true? A sitting bill is a bill that is in the midst of active progress. Both Houses of Congress are part of the executive branch. A conference committee is formed only for re-election purposes. If a bill is approved by the committee and has survived a Senate vote, the bill will go to the House of Representatives.

If a bill is approved by the committee and has survived a Senate vote, the bill will go to the House of Representatives.