How A Bill Becomes A Law
1.) Bills are introduced in the House by its members. This is done so by dropping the bills into a hopper.2.) Bills and resolution are then taken into consideration at each session of Congress. 3.) The clerk of the House numbers each bill as it’s introduced. The clerk also gives the bill a short title. The bill is then entered in the House Journal and Congressional Record for the day. 4.) The speaker refers the bill to the appropriate standing committee. The subcommittee reviews hearings (public testifies the proposed bill) and junkets (trips to locations by a subcommittee affected by a measure). The bills that don’t die in pigeonholed or with a discharge petition (that were referred to the subcommittee) go onto the full committee. 5.) The full committee may report the bill favorably, refuse to report the bill, report the bill in amended form, report the bill with an
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