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We will work on a do-now after WSMS.
Do-Now
Please work on your do-now silently.
Do-Now
Tomorrow & Friday
Announcements
• Joel has always wanted to run for office in
California. He moved there 9 years ago, having lived in Oregon all of his life. He’s so excited that he can finally run for the Congressional office of his dreams. Which office does he want to run for?
Scenario 2
What did we talk about yesterday? What activities did we do?
Review
You will have 5 minutes to work with your
group Remember:
You need to turn your lyrics into me You need to mention 6 powers in your song
American Idol
Legislative Branch: Lawmaking Process
Lesson 3, Unit: The Federal System
Is the lawmaking process
just or fair?
Take-Home Point
Do-Now Announcements + Review AI Lawmaking
Notes So True/So False
Today’s Agenda
Which one of the 18 do you think is the most
important?
Powers of Congress
Lawmaking
One of the most important expressed powers that Congress has is Making the laws of the nation.
A bill is a
proposed law or a draft of a law
Lawmaking
NO!
YES!
Why do we have rough drafts when we write?
A Step Back
Ideas for laws can
come from members of Congress, voters favoring certain bills, a large group of Americans asking for bill, and the President
Individuals and interest groups help shape laws
Lawmaking
The process
begins with the introduction of a bill by a Senator or Representative in Congress.
Step 1
The bill is then to
sent to a committee in the house of Congress it started in
Here it gets debated and revised
Step 2
The bill is debated
on the floor of each house*
*NOT AT THE SAME TIME- it goes all the way through one house first and THEN begins the process again
Step 3
The bill is
voted on in each house
Step 4
The president
signs the bill into a law
Step 5
Can I use my pink pen to sign it?!
A bill can begin in
either house with the exception of appropriation bills or bills that deal with money which begin in the House of Representatives
Lawmaking
If the president
vetoes a bill, Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote in both houses.
Lawmaking
Most bills do not
survive this process (Less than 5% become laws).
Lawmaking
You will survive, Bill!!
Probs not, dude!
So True/So False
Hold up your cards to indicate your response. Blue is true, and green is false.
A bill on gun control can begin
in either house.
So True/So False
Once a bill has successfully gone
through the process in the House of Representatives, the Senators just need to vote on it, and then it can go to the president.
So True/So False
A bill can die (be thrown out or
forgotten) in the committee phase of the process in either house.
So True/So False
Only Congressmen can propose
ideas about laws.
So True/So False
Most bills become laws.
So True/So False
The President has the final say on whether or
not a bill becomes a law.
So True/So False
The process of making laws is
very straightforward and simple.
So True/So False
Is the lawmaking process
just or fair?
Take-Home Point