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Private Citizens cannot introduce legislation.
Citizens may petition their representatives, and ask them to enact a bill, but only elected representatives can introduce a bill for consideration.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoBills can only be passed by both the House and Senate. They can only be sponsored by individual House or Senate members.
A private citizen or group can 1) contact your House representative and 2 Senators. Arrange a meeting, present the facts of matter, and ask them to sponsor the bill. 2) Find House Members and Senators from other areas, who share your political, or ideological philosophy, meet with them and ask them to sponsor it. (3) Contact the appropriate House and Senate committee, ask to address the committee.
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∙ 11y agoYou can write, e-mail or call a congressman who thinks the way you do and explain what you think should be done. Maybe he will introduce the bill you want. Lobbying via various organizations the citizen belongs to may also help get the bill passed.
But, to be specific, a citizen cannot themselves introduce a bill in Congress - only an actual Member of Congress can do that.
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How can congress pass a bill over the veto or the president?
A bill passed by Congress and vetoed by the President is returned to Congress. By a two-thirds vote in both houses, Congress may override the veto and the bill will become law.
What is a sentence using the word bill?
The duck used its bill to eat a fish. Or Congress passed the Bill Of Rights to the president Or I have a five Dollar bill or His name is Bill Clinton or The gas company will bill me for my gas usage -Hope I helped
What is a provision attached to an important bill?
A rider is a provision attached to an important bill. They are usually created as a way to pass controversial bills in Congress.
How are the laws passed in California?
When a bill is introduced in a legislature, it is referred to a committee of that house, where the members if that committee and of sub-committees working under it will consider the bill and what action to take on it. Each committee will hold public hearings in a bill that has been referred to it, will consider amendments to the bill, and ultimately will decide whether to recommend to the House (or Senate) that they vote Yes or No on the bill or, the committee may be able to stall action on the bill and "pigeonhole" it. The House and Senate will follow the recommendations of their committees in a very large percentage of the votes on bills. Each house of Congress must have a majority of members present to conduct official business; this is called a quorum. When a bill is being voted upon in either house of Congress, a majority of Yes votes out of all the votes being cast is required to pass the bill. The bill must be passed in identical form by a majority in each house, and then it is sent to the President. If he signs the bill, it will become a law. If he exercises his right to veto the bill, he will refuse to sign it, give his reasons, and send it back to the house in which it was first introduced. Congress has the power to override a Presidential veto if they can muster a 2/3 vote in each house, but this is extremely hard to do. If the President neither signs nor vetoes the bill within 10 days after he receives it, one of two things will happen, depending upon whether Congress is still in session at the end of the 10 days after the President received the bill. If Congress is still in session, the bill will become a law without the President's signature. If Congress had adjourned during the 10 days, the bill will not become a law. This latter situation is nicknamed the "pocket veto", because the President figuratively speaking puts the bill in his pocket and ignores it. The theory behind the pocket veto possibility is that the President should always have 10 days to decide whether to sign a bill or not, and if Congress has adjourned before the 10 days are up, it means the President is unable to send the bill back to Congress with a formal veto.
What are two ways in which a bill can become a law?
Step 1. A bill is thought up by anyone even the president or congress. Step 2. They present their idea to the staff, and the rough draft is refined into a proposed bill Step 3. The bill is then presented in front of other members of congress Step 4. The bill is then studied. Hearings are held and evidence on the bill is gathered and the committee can add or delete things as they please Step 5. The committee then votes on the bill and if it gets approved the bill is then sent to the Senate Step 6. That house votes, if the bill gets 2/3rd's vote it then moves onto another house Step 7. After the bill has been studied once again it is voted on once more and passed to the second house. Step 8. The first house considers any changes that were made. If it approves all inspections the bill is then sent to the President. Step 9. If the house where the bill originated feels they need to change anything or re-write parts before passing it on to the president they may do so. Step 10. It is then sent to the President. If the President signs the bill, it becomes a law. If the President does not approve the bill and he vetoes it, it is sent back to the house it originated in. Step 11. If the bill get's a 2/3rd's vote from the first and second house, the bill becomes a law and overrides the President's veto.
Can a citizen veto a law?
No. Only the president can veto, but Congress can not send the law to him and that will stop it.
What does the us congress do?
I think US Congress has to approve to laws and makes them, too. In the beginning of that process Congress makes bills, and at the end the presedent has to except the bill and turn it into a law.
Can the President introduce a Bill?
It is not generally known, but any citizen including the president can present bills or ideas for bills to congress. It may not be easy, and ideas perceived as harebrained won't get far. If you are a US citizen then there are US senators and representatives who are there for you. Give them your ideas; that's what representation means. The president has an inside track and can find congress persons to sponsor and/or coauthor legislation that he is interested in, but that should not keep you from voicing your ideas.
Do a person have to be a born citizen to run for congress?
No they do not have to be born a US Citizen. They can become a citizen through the naturalization process.
Who makes the rules to become a citizen?
congress
Can introduce a bill into Congress?
A Member of Congress
Who may purpose a bill in congress?
congress
Who must first introduce a bill for it to be considered by congress?
A bill must be introduced in the congress by the members of the congress.
Can the White House propose a bill to congress?
The White House can only suggest that the Congress consider a bill to become a law. However, only a member of Congress is allowed to propose the bill directly to Congress.
How did congress appease the antifederalist?
By making the Bill of Rights.
Who cannot sponsor a bill in Congress?
The President can't sponsor a bill in Congress.
Who can introduce a bill to be consider in congress?
member of congress
