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How bills become laws

Introducing a bill

Referral Decision

Committee and Subcommittee review

Markup

Discharge

Floor debate and passage

Presidential approval

Drop the bill into a Hopper -- house

Give the bill to a person -- senate

referred to standing committee

referred to standing committee

House has Rules committee

pass rule on who can vote on it or it dies

have to wait for open debate

open debate all the time

rarely used, if a bill dies in rules committee

can add riders -- unrelated amendments

Conference committee if no agreement

printed or inscribed on parchement paper

10 days to sign it

if no signature, if congress is still in session, it passes anyway

If congress adjourns, pocket veto and the bill dies on desk

congress can override with 2/3 vote