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Legislative branch lawmaking process
The document discusses the process of lawmaking in Congress. It outlines the steps a bill must go through, including being introduced in Congress, debated and revised in committee, debated and voted on in each house of Congress, and then either signed by the president or overridden by Congress if vetoed. The process is complex with many opportunities for a bill to be altered or not pass, demonstrating how a law is made in the United States government.
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- 1. Do-Now We will work on a do-now after WSMS.
- 2. Do-Now Please work on your do-now silently.
- 3. Announcements Tomorrow & Friday
- 4. Scenario 2 • run for office in Joel has always wanted to California. He moved there 9 years ago, having lived in Oregon all of his life. He’s so excited that he can finally run for the Congressional office of his dreams. Which office does he want to run for?
- 5. Review What did we talk about yesterday? What activities did we do?
- 6. American Idol You will have 5 minutes to work with your group Remember: You need to turn your lyrics into me You need to mention 6 powers in your song
- 7. Lesson 3, Unit:The Federal System
- 8. Take-Home Point Is the lawmaking process just or fair?
- 9. Today’s Agenda Do-Now Announcements + Review AI Lawmaking Notes So True/So False
- 10. Powers of Congress Which one of the 18 do you think is the most important?
- 11. Lawmaking One of the most important expressed powers that Congress has is Making the laws of the nation.
- 12. Lawmaking A bill is a proposed law or NO! a draft of a law YES!
- 13. A Step Back Why do we have rough drafts when we write?
- 14. Lawmaking Ideas for laws can come from members of Congress, voters favoring certain bills, a large group of Americans asking for bill, and the President Individuals and interest groups help shape laws
- 15. Lawmaking What does the process look like?
- 16. Step 1 The process begins with the introduction of a bill by a Senator or Representative in Congress.
- 17. Step 2 The bill is then to sent to a committee in the house of Congress it started in Here it gets debated and revised
- 18. Step 3 The bill is debated on the floor of each house* *NOT AT THE SAME TIME- it goes all the way through one house first and THEN begins the process again
- 19. Step 4 The bill is voted on in each house
- 20. Step 5 The president Can I use my pink signs the bill into pen to sign it?! a law
- 22. Lawmaking A bill can begin in either house with the exception of appropriation bills or bills that deal with money which begin in the House of Representatives
- 23. Lawmaking If the president vetoes a bill, Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote in both houses.
- 24. Lawmaking Most bills do not survive this process You will (Less than 5% survive, become laws). Bill!! Probs not, dude!
- 25. So True/So False Hold up your cards to indicate your response. Blue is true, and green is false.
- 26. So True/So False A bill on gun control can begin in either house.
- 27. So True/So False Once a bill has successfully gone through the process in the House of Representatives, the Senators just need to vote on it, and then it can go to the president.
- 28. So True/So False A bill can die (be thrown out or forgotten) in the committee phase of the process in either house.
- 29. So True/So False Only Congressmen can propose ideas about laws.
- 30. So True/So False Most bills become laws.
- 31. So True/So False The President has the final say on whether or not a bill becomes a law.
- 32. So True/So False The process of making laws is very straightforward and simple.
- 33. Take-Home Point Is the lawmaking process just or fair?