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Congressional Lawmaking Unit 8 Essential Question: How do laws REALLY get made?

Bill-to-Law process Must get through (1) House, (2) Senate, (3) president* Starts in committee (Pass/Fail/Pigeonhole?) Then to entire 1st house (P/F/Pigeon?) Committee of 2nd house (P/F/Pigeon?) Then to entire 2nd house (P/F/Pigeon?) Goes to president (sign/veto?) Sign  law Veto  *back to Congress for 2/3 vote (P/F?) By far, most bills fail

A new Congress Meets in January of odd years Party leaders (e.g. Speaker, whips) were already chosen Committees are formed & organized Majority party usually keeps majority control in committees Important committees: Appropriations, Budget, Commerce in both houses House – Ways and Means Committee Senate – Finance Committee Anything in common here? Money! Committees: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/committees/

Committees This is where most things happen in Congress Standing committees – permanent Subcommittees – research/report to committee Select committees – chosen for special purposes Joint committees – made of both House & Senate members Conference committee – temporary joint committee Bills often die in committee

Committee work Seniority determines… …who gets on a committee …your rank on a committee Committee chair decides what to do with a bill (ignore?, bring it up?) 3 phases of a bill in committee… hearings – listen & gather info markup – subcommittee re-words the bill, makes amendments report – back to full committee Then on to the entire House or Senate