Explain In Detail How A Bill Becomes A Law

1. Legislative Process – Describe in detail how a bill becomes a law. 1. The legislative process- A bill becomes a law through a specific process, it first stars off as an idea. The county or city thinks of idea to better their community so they bring it up to their specific representative. If the representative believes it is a good idea for the bill to become a law he hands it off to the committee who research and review the bill and deems it worthy based on its content. If the bill is passed they send it to the house floor, where they debate on the bill and give explanations as to why they agree or disagree. The way the house votes is either by a voice vote, an electronic system where each rep votes yes or no. If majority of the representatives pass it, it is sent to the U.S Senate where each senator

The president is the last stage on a bill becoming a law, he can sign the bill, veto the bill which would send it back to the US House along with his reasons to veto it, or the president can pocket veto it, which means after 10 days the bill automatically becomes a law. But if the congress is not in session, the bill does not become a law. If the bill is passed in both the House and the Senate and has passed through the president the bill becomes a law and is enforced by the United States government. For example, if a bill about raising the minimum wage gets passed, it would have to be brought up to the committee and send it through to the House and then send it through the Senate and the Senate would have to send it to the president and the president would have to pass it. If the minimum wage bill passes through all