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How a Bill becomes a Law Anticipation Guide

Before reading your bill to law notes: Read each statement and in the space to the left of each
statement place a T if you think the statement is true; place an O if you think the statement
is false.

During or after reading: Circle the number of those statements which you have changed your
mind. Keep in mind that this is not like the traditional worksheet. (This is a simpler version of
your Ch. 11 Anticipation Guide). You may have to put on your thinking caps and read between
the lines. Use the space under each statement to note the slide number where you are finding
information to support your thinking. If it is a wrong statement, write the correct statement
under the statement, along with the slide number.

__O__1. A bill can only come from people inside of congress. SLIDE NUMBER: 3
A bill can come from a variety of sources. Individual citizen, Special Interest Groups,
Corporations, NGOs.

__T__2. A bill may start in either the House or the Senate. SLIDE NUMBER: 3


__T__3. In the House, the bill must pass through the House Rules Committee before it can be
put on the floor for debate and voting. SLIDE NUMBER: 4
__O__4. The House and the Senate can pigeonhole a bill, which sends a bill back to its original
committee. SLIDE NUMBER: 4
Pigeonhole a bill kills the bill in committee.

__T__5. Both the House and the Senate can mark-up (edit) a bill while the bill is in a
committee. SLIDE NUMBER: 4

__O__6. The House Majority Leader determines which bills are scheduled and for how long in
the Senate. SLIDE NUMBER: 8
The SENATE Majority Leader determines which bills are scheduled and for how long.
__O__7. A 2/3rds (67%) vote is needed to pass a bill in both the House and the Senate. SLIDE
NUMBER: 10
A simple majority is needed to pass a bill in both the House and the Senate. (51%)

__O__8. Two different versions of a bill can be passed and sent to the President. The President
can choose which bill to sign. SLIDE NUMBER: 9
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How a Bill becomes a Law Anticipation Guide
Any differences must be ironed out and made into one bill through the Conference
Committee.
__O__9. A filibuster is used by the Senate to force a president to sign a bill. SLIDE
NUMBER: 8
Used by the minority party in the Senate to block bills.

__O_10. The president must sign all bills into law that are passed by congress. SLIDE
NUMBER: 11
The president can either veto or sign the bill into law.

__O_11. The House and the Senate need a simple majority vote in order to override a Preidential
Veto. SLIDE NUMBER: 12
The House and Senate need a vote (67%) of both Houses are needed to override the
Presidents veto. 369 in the House. 67 in the Senate.
__T_12. The president can choose not to act on a bill, if Congress is not in session, after 10 days
the bill dies. This is known as a pocket veto. SLIDE NUMBER: 11
__O_13. States can choose whether or not to follow federal laws. SLIDE NUMBER: 12
All states must follow federal laws.