an idea, Congress, Private citizens, The White House (Prez), Special interest groups, sponsors, Every bill is given a title and number (H.R. # for House Bills, S. # for Senate Bills), The primary sponsor will introduce the bill by placing it in the hopper, the most qualified committee, Education committees would review a bill on standardized testing, most bills "die" in committee, Committee actions: Pass without changes, make changes and pass, replace the bill with new/better bill, vote to kill the bill, pigeonhole the bill, If approved by the committee, it goes to the House or Senate floor for debate and voting. , The Senate practice where Senators try to "talk a bill to death." To end it, you need 3/5th of the of the Senators., Unrelated items added to a bill in the Senate and sometimes prevent passing, The record for the longest filibuster goes to U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes, Three ways to vote: Voice Vote (Senate only), Standing Vote (Senate only), Roll-all or today's computerized vote, If passed in one house, it goes to the other to repeat the committee and voting process, A passed bill in both houses (with or without a conference committee) goes to the president, Presidential Options: Sign it into law, veto it, or do nothing, Senate can override a veto by 2/3rds vote in both houses.

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