what are the steps in a bill being passed into a law in the U.S.?
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1) New bills usually go directly to subcommittee, which can hold hearings on bill \n2) Committee/subcommittee staffs conduct research, line up witnesses for hearings \n3) Write and rewrite bills \n4) Committee/subcommittee report on proposed legislation \n5) Reports are bound in beige or green covers - available from Government Printing Office \n6) Committees most important output: "marked up" (rewritten) bill \n7) Bill submitted to full House or Senate for debate and voting
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But if the people don't even know about an issue, how can they have an informed opinion about the bill?  The actions of congress are online, and you can keep up with them, and email your opinion to your representative at any time of day.\n\nWho would propose laws in your scheme, without representatives?  All 298,444,215 of us?  That could lead to a lot of votes.\n\nDo I think our countries laws should be decided as snap-decisions by inattentive members of the public - like American idol? NO
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A Bill is introduced in one House or another, if it passes it goes on to the other House, where they either pass the same version or more likely their own version of the Bill.  As both houses have to pass the same version of the same legislation it goes into committee of members of both house's who try to work out a compromise bill.  This is usually where all sorts of things get added to the bill that may have nothing to do with the bill in order to get both sides to agree on the bill.  At this point it goes before both houses again to be passed, if both houses pass the same version of the same bill it goes on to the President, however if any changes have been made between the two houses it goes to committee again.  This is how many pet project's or as it is called Pork Barrel Spending is created.  It is the same thing as the President spoke of as Earmarking in his State of the Union Address.  Currently both house's of Congress are controlled by the Republican Party and all legislation must pass through both house's before it goes to the President for his approval.
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By passing laws in parliament, of course.
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If you are looking for a particular state, then do a search for that state's legislative website.  Usually, the site will have a search engine where you can type in a particular search (for example, "child abuse"), and then the site will give you House and/or Senate Bills currently being debated or voted upon.\n\nIn California, the website you would go to is:\nhttp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/\n\nI found that site by doing a simple Yahoo! search for the terms California legislature.  From there you would go to "Bill Information" then type in your search for child abuse.\n\nGood luck!
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If the House holds firm, no bill will be passed and things will remain as they are.  The House has passed a bill that does not have a path to citizenship but instead has major border security improvements and greater penalties for those violating immigration laws or encouraging illegal immigration.  The Senate did not approve that Bill as being too draconian and not containing the other elements Bush wanted, and is trying to get enough similarity of thought within the Senate to pass their own version of a Bill.  Once done, the Senate and House have to negotiate their bills into one that both the Senate and House will vote on, yes or no.  \n\nIf there are truly fundamental differences between the negotiators for the House and Senate Bills, there would likely be no agreement, and hence no change in law.\n\nEven if the House Bill is passed as is, I truly think the President would veto it, and I don't think it has enough support to overcome a veto.
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Try \n\nhttp://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm\n\nit lists all bills active before the senate
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Not just yet.  It passed in the State Senate, but needs to be approved by the House and Governor.
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A bill may be proposed by any member of either house to his or her own house. The bill is then referred to a committee, which reports it out or not. Then it is referred to Ways and Means, which again reports it out or not. If it is reported to the full house, it is set for a vote by the representatives, if in the House, or by the senators if in the Senate.\n\nThe bill is then sent to the other house for a similar procedure. Finally, unless the bills passed by each house are identical, it goes to a conference committee, which resolves the differences. Then each house passes or kills the conference bill. If passed by both houses, it goes to the President to be signed or vetoed.
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Go to www.dictionary.com\nput in the word 'legislation' in the box, and click the circle beside the word 'theasaurus'  at the top of the page. The next page should give you the answer.
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amendments,  \n\nfrom congress and or the supreme court
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well, i learnt it in year 6 but lke i have forgotten the exact detail but the main is:\n1. the senate go through the bill\n2. goes to the house of repesentatives\n3. if they lke it they make it a referendum\n\nit may be in the wrong order so yeah... hope its correct\nhope dis helps baibai
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Watch that black & white movie about how a Bill becomes a law.
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Check out this website.  It goes through all the steps.
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First, a bill is drafted by a representative. It then goes to the legislative house of the rep. and is assigned a committee (different houses have different means of doing this). Then it is probably assigned to a subcommittee that researches it, and sends it off back to the full committee with a recomendation. The committee will then debate, and hear testimony on the bill and it's effects. It could be amended here at any point along the process. Then, it it will be voted on, if it fails, it dies and is redrafted. If the vote ties or passes, it will go to the full floor of the body. The body will then debate and maybe amend it. Then vote on it. If it fails it will go back to the committee. If it passes it will go to the other legislative body (if the govt. is bicameral), WITHOUT THE AMENDMENTS! The other house will vote on amendments etc. If it fails it goes back to the committee, if it passes, it goes to the president/governor/mayor/etc. (see the next paragraph). If it passes with different amendments, or with only some of the amendments, or none at all, it will go to a confrence committee, and the committee will work on it, and so on and so forth.\n\nThe pres/gov/etc can sign it, and it will become a law. Veto it and it will not become a law, (the legislative body can override a veto with a 2/3 vote) and the bill will go back to the legislature with a list of objections to the bill. Or, he can do nothing, and it will be pocket vetoed in 10 days.\n\nIf the bill finally becomes a law, someone can sue the govt. and the courts can overturn it if it finds that the law in unconstitutional.
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A printed copy is delivered to the President for his signature.  It does not have to be signed to actually become a law.  If the President does not VETO the bill, it will automatically become law after a certain time frame.
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I am not sure what 'it becoming law' means. Something may pass, but whether it is a changed Senate Bill or a changed House Bill, and what those changes may be, I don't know. It is also about a 50/50 chance, as I understand it, that the Senate and House may not be able to agree on a Joint Bill enough that anything comes out of conference.