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You are a bill that has just been passed by your Senate committee Where will you go next?
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A bill has just been passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. However there are two different versions Where will the bill go next?
conference committee
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 happens to a bill that is voted down by the senate?
For a bill to become law it must be passed by both houses of Congress, so when the Senate passes a bill, the same bill must also go to the House of Representatives, or if the House has passed a similar bill, the two bills must be reconciled by a joint committee to produce a single bill that both houses can pass. Then when both houses have passed the same bill, the bill goes to the President for his signature. The President may or may not sign the bill, and if he doesn't, Congress can over-ride the veto if they have enough votes. Otherwise the bill dies.
What happens to a bill after it goes to committee?
Most bills goes to the Rules Committee. This committee sets conditions for debate and amendment when the whole House meets on the bill. In the Senate, the leader of the majority party set the schedule for debate by the whole Senate.
When would a bill go to a conference committee in Congress?
A bill will go to a conference committee when both the Senate and the House disagree on the contents of the bill. A conference committee will then be created to resolve the issue.
A bill has just been passed by a Senate committee. Where the bill go next?
to a conference committee
This committee is set up when the house and senate have passed different versions of the same bill?
Conference committee
When the House and Senate have passed different versions of a bill what meets to work out the differences?
A conference committee!
Steps of how a bill become a law in the senate?
First it must be passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and then it is sent to the Senate. Once it is there it is sent to a committee and once it passes the committee it goes to the Senate for voting. If it passes both the House and the Senate it goes to the President for his signature and it becomes a law.
A compromise bill worked on by a conference committee of House and senate members is?
Usually passed by both houses of CongressYes, many times a compromised bill has worked on by a conference committee of the house and senate members.
Can the Senate Majority Leader stop amendments to a bill?
No, but it can be sent to committee for review and tabled, passed, or stopped.
When does the bill go to the president?
After it has been approved by a Senate majority vote.
A bill has just been passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. However there are two different versions Where will the bill go next?
conference committee
What courses of action can a committee take on a new bill?
The committee, after a vote, may: recommend that the bill be passed-or passed as amended-and send it directly to the Senate or House fl oor; recommend that the bill be passed-or passed as amended-and be placed on the Consent Calendar; approve the bill and send it on to another committee for further discussion; send the bill to the fl oor or another committee without a recommendation for passage; keep it in committee indefi nitely; or simply defeat it.
Where does a state bill go once passed by the house?
It goes to the senate. If there are any differences in the house and senate version they are worked out in committee before the bill goes to the governor.
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 happenes to a bill that is approved by a committee?
that the committee is supported by the senate.
