How are laws made in the United States?
a step-by-step guild would be useful :D
Best Answer:
Schoolhouse Rock "I am a Bill", look it up on Google.
haha watch the schoolhouse rock video its pretty cheesy but educational ppl made it so i guess it teachs u and its a pretty catchy song haha. purely google - i'm just a bill. its probably all over youtube and stuff.
A General Overview: 1. Bill is introduced by a member of congress (either Representative or Senator. 2. The bill will be sent to a committee that has jurisdiction to be discussed, amended, and approved (or killed). 3) The bill is voted on by the entire House or Senate. If approved, it afterwards moves to the either the Senate (if originated in the House) or to the House (if originate in the Senate) and then goes through committee and if approved by the committee, voted on by the entire House or Senate. 4) If both the House and Senate own approved some version of the bill, it goes to a joint committee (members of both the House and Senate) to resolve any differences between the House and Senate performance of the Bill. 5) The reconciled bill is then voted on by both the House and Senate. If approved, it is sent to the President of the United States for approval. 6) The president may choose to sign the Bill (making it a law), table the Bill (not sign it... after 10 days, if congress is in session, the bill becomes a directive without the President's signature -- if congress is not in session, the bill fails), or veto the bill. 7) If the President vetoes the bill, it will return to congress. Congress may vote on it again. If it receive a 2/3 majority in both houses, then the President's veto is overridden, and the bill becomes a directive. Usually, this does not happen.
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_law.html
Check out School House Rocks - "I Am A Bill" on YouTube.
