how a bill becomes law

Which statement is true? A sitting bill is a bill that is in the midst of active progress. An override needs a three-fourths vote. A conference committee is formed only for re-election purposes. A chamber is a legislative meeting hall.

A chamber is a legislative meeting hall.

Whenever one house of Congress significantly alters a bill _____.

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

How is the President involved in the process of bills becoming laws? Select all that apply. by drafting legislation and getting a Representative to submit it, just like you can by sitting on the subcommittee to mark up a bill by letting it sit on his/her desk for ten days and doing nothing by vetoing legislation that s/he may have drafted by helping the two chambers work make amendments to any legislation

by vetoing legislation that s/he may have drafted by helping the two chambers work male amendments to any legislation

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

After a bill is sponsored by a senator and passed a subcommittee's test, what are the next steps? Select all that apply. get approval from president work on a subcommittee to amend a bill get approved by the committee work with lobbyist to pass legislation through the House pass the Senate vote, and move to the other chamber

get approved by the committee pass the Senate vote, and move to the other chamber

Once a bill passes the House of Representatives _____.

it goes through the same big process in the Senate

For a bill to pass both chambers (the House or Representatives and the Senate are called chambers), which of the following must occur? Select all that apply. it is subject to committee changes, debate and compromise it often sustains changes in language and amendments in both houses the Senate must pass the exact same bill on the floor as the House a bill passed in one chamber that is changed in committee in the second chamber, must both approve the conference report for any changes made to the original bill passed different versions of the bill can pass if they are minor

it is subject to committee changes, debate and compromise it often sustains changes in language and amendments in both houses a bill passed in one chamber that is changed in committee in the second chamber, must both approve the conference report for any changes made to the original bill passed