U. S. Government/U. S. Branches/Legislative Branch/How does a bill become a law?

How does a law become a law? A law starts out as a bill, and the bill goes through a long process before finally becoming a law. Here, this will show how the bill becomes a law.

Idea represented in the House of Representatives, then introduced when given enough support for the bill.

Bill is introduced on the hopper, a reading clerk reads the bill to all of the Representatives, and is sent to a committee by the Speaker of the House.

When the bill is sent to the committee, who are experts on several main topics, closely examine the bill, they research, revise, and change the bill. Then they vote to see if they want to send it back or approve it. If the committee wants more info, they can send it to a subcommittee, who, as well, closely examine the bill. The subcommittee sends it back to the committee for the committee to approve it.

If the bill is approved by the committee, the bill will go to the House Floor. In which the bill will be debated by the House of Representatives.

The bill is being debated and explain why the agree/disagree to it, the reading clerk reads every section to see if the representatives want changes. When the bill has been through changes here, then it's ready to be voted.

If the bill has been passed with the House of Representatives, then it can go to the Senate.

The bill is discussed with the Senate Committee, then sent to the Senate to be voted on. If the majority vote is "yes" on the bill, it will be sent to the President.

Now, three things can happen here. The bill can be a law if the president signs it, or if the president doesn't sign it for more than 10 days. If the president vetoes it (deny it) than it will be sent to the House and Senate to be voted on again, if there is still a 2/3 "yes" vote by the House and Senate, they can override the president's veto, and it'll become a law.

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