1. Lawmaking
Process

2. What are some things you can think of that follow a process?
Preview Activity:
What are some things you can think of that follow a process?
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

3. Let’s Review Yesterday’s Lesson and Preview Today’s Lesson
Congress & Lawmaking
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4. Testable Information
Follow along and fill in your notes as we discuss the law-making process in Congress.

5. The Law-Making Process:
Congress is our national _______________- It makes our national laws.
Legislature

6. The Law-Making Process:
Elected officials in Congress write ______ and take _________ in response to problems or issues.
laws
action

7. Steps for a Bill to Become a Law:
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8. 1. ____________ an idea for a law.
Propose
1. ____________ an idea for a law.

9. 2. ______________ a bill into one of the Houses of Congress.
Introduce
2. ______________ a bill into one of the Houses of Congress.
Introduce a bill…
Only a ________ or ____________ may do this.
Senator
Representative

10. 3. Working in _____________.
Committee
3. Working in _____________.

11. The Committee Can: Kill Revise Rewrite
__________ the bill
Revise
__________ the bill
Rewrite
Set
Aside
__________ the bill
“Pigeon Hole”
__________ the bill
__________ the bill
Pass “As Is”

12. 4. _________ the bill on the floor of the first house.
Debate

13. 5. ______on the bill.
Vote

14. Once passed, the bill is sent to the _________house and steps 2-5 are repeated.
Other

15. 7. Once both houses of Congress pass the bill, it is sent to the _____________ for approval.
President

16. If the President signs the bill, it becomes a ______.
law

17. If he vetoes it, Congress can _________ the veto.
override
(this is an examples of Checks and Balances)

18. P
ropose I
ntroduce C
ommittee D
ebate V
ote O
ther House P
resident

19. The Law-Making Process:
_____________- to talk to members of Congress to get them to do what you want.
Lobbying

20. The Law-Making Process:
_____________ and ___________ _________ help shape legislation – laws.
The Law-Making Process:
Individuals
Interest
Groups
They can write letters,
sign petitions, send s, and ________
to get their representatives to support
bills that they want to see become laws.
lobby

21. Number the steps of the Lawmaking Process from 1–7 using your notes.
Processing Activity:
Number the steps of the Lawmaking Process from 1–7 using your notes.

22. Lawmaking Process Other House A law is Proposed
The bill is Introduced into one house of Congress
The bill is sent to Committee
The committee approves the bill and it is sent to the floor for Debate
The bill is Voted on
Sign it into law
Other House
If the bill passes both houses, it goes to the President
Veto it
Congress can override the VETO