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Who Can force a committee to bring a bill to the floor of the House or Senate?
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What color is the house of representatives and the senate?
The Senate is coloured Red, and the House Of Representatives, Green.
A member of congress is immune from this when the house and senate is in session and when is he going to or returning from house or senate meetings?
Arrest from anything except a felony or treason Also they cannot be sued for anything they say while they are on the floor
What is the purpose of deciding important bills by a Committee of the Whole?
The answer is either to ensure that every member of the House has a chance to speak or speed up the floor debate. But I am not sure which one it is. Hope it helps.
The determination of the time and structure of floor debate on a bill is up to the?
Rules Committee
Describe the skeletal outline of passing a bill to law?
How a bill goes through Congress and becomes a law can be a very complex procedure, or it can zip through Congress if it is considered very important that it be enacted. Basically, here are the steps from bill to law. In the House, any member may introduce a bill by dropping it into a box, called a hopper. In the Senate, a member may introduce a bill after being recognized by the presiding officer and announcing the bill’s introduction. (Bills dealing with raising money must originate in the House of Representatives.) The bill is then given a prefix and a number. H.R. 33 would be House Resolution 33 and S.B. 44 would be Senate Bill 44. Once a bill is introduced, it goes to a committee for study. The committee in the Senate or the House basically do the same thing, that is they study the bill, hold hearings on the content of the bill, send it to a subcommittee if they feel it necessary for more study, and then vote on it and report it to the floor of the Senate or House where it is placed on the calendar for action. The House and Senate then debate the bill and vote on whether to pass or reject the bill. Most bills never get out of commitee. Once a bill is passed by either house, it has to be in the exact same language and set up. If a bill passes the Senate but it is not exactly as the one that passes the House, a conference committee is created to work out the final wording of the bill. It then goes back the each house where it is voted on again in its new form. The bill is then sent to the President. The President can sign the bill into law, veto it and return it to Congress with his objections to the bill, or do nothing. If he vetoes the bill, the Congress may override the veto by a two-thirds majority vote in both houses. It then becomes law without the approval of the President. The President has ten days to sign or veto the bill. If, after ten days, Congress is not in session, the bill does not become law. This is known as a pocket veto.
Can force a committee to bring a bill to the floor of the house or the senate?
discharge petition
Who calls a bill to debate on the floor?
The House Rules Committee places the bill on a calendar for floor debate in the House or the Senate.
What is a committee action and what are the committee steps?
Once a bill has been introduced on the floor of the House or Senate, it is referred to the appropriate committee or committees for evaluation.
What is the step between passing a bill between a subcommittee and the floor of the Senate or House of Representatives?
goes to full committee
What Is the step between passing a bill between a subcommittee and the floor of senate or house of representatives?
Committee
What is the step between passing a bill between a subcommittee and the floor of a senate or house of representatives?
Committee
What is a congressional committee?
A standing committe is any group of people in either the House or the Senate that is joined together to review bills and resolutions. In the senate there a many standing committees. bills and resolutions get presented on the floor and then are assigned to the committee which would be dealing with that specific issue type. The committee evaluates the bill or resolution and determines whether or not it is worth it to be debated on the senate floor. The House is basically the same.
F the standing committee votes in favor of a bill where does it go for further approval?
It goes to the floor of the body of the house for a vote. Let's say it is in the Senate, goes to committee, and then it goes back to the Senate for a vote. Once that is done it goes to the house and the process starts over.
What is a standing congressional committee?
A standing committe is any group of people in either the House or the Senate that is joined together to review bills and resolutions. In the senate there a many standing committees. bills and resolutions get presented on the floor and then are assigned to the committee which would be dealing with that specific issue type. The committee evaluates the bill or resolution and determines whether or not it is worth it to be debated on the senate floor. The House is basically the same.
Steps of how a bill become a law in the senate?
Introduction: The bill is introduced by a senator and assigned to a committee. Committee process: The committee reviews and amends the bill. If approved, it is sent to the Senate floor for debate and voting. Senate floor process: Senators debate the bill and propose amendments. A majority vote is required to pass the bill. Conference committee: If the Senate version of the bill differs from the one passed by the House of Representatives, a conference committee is formed to reconcile the differences. Final votes: The bill is presented to the full Senate again for a final vote. If it passes, it is sent to the President to be signed into law or vetoed.
What is the step for a bill between a subcommittee and the floor of the Senate or House of Representatives?
If passed out of the subcomittee, it must still go to the full committee before it can be sent to the floor.
What main differences exist between the house and the senate in the lawmaking process?
All revenue bills must start in the House of Representatives. Represenatives do not have unlimited time to talk on the floor. They can be over-looked or given a time limit by the rules of the House of the Speaker of the House. Senators have no time limits and may talk indefinately unless there is a cloture vote in which other members of the Senate vote to halt discussions of the current item before the Senate.
