SEPTEMBER- LABOR DAY KICK OFF PRES CAMP,NOVEMBER-> GENERAL ELECTION, JANUARY 3 NEW CONGRESS OPENS SESSION,PRESIDENT IS ELECTED,JANUARY 20- PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE LAME DUCK. Bill Process1. Introduction - Bills need to have a sponsor in order for it to be processed, where do you put it in the house ? - the hopper, they take it out of the hopper and a number is assigned, ex HR 204. In the senate, you can hand it in to the senate clerk. Less formal in the senate than in the house because there is less people. It is more formal to place it on the house rather than in the senate- ex. Senate S 204. Bills can be introduced in the senate in either house, except revenue bills which they need to start in the house2.Subcommittee - 68 senate, 92 house, they debate the pros and cons of the bills in the subcommittee and stand committee process. 3. Standing committee - 4. If in the house, house rules committee - if in the senate, senate leadership5. Floor debated Action - Quorum present
6. Transmitted to 2nd house - Senate or House, if made through steps 1 to 57. Conference Committee - If the house has passed one version of the bill and the senate has passed another it has an additional step-down which is the Conference committee from step 6 before going to the presidents desk. Conference committee - a committee made from equal members from the house and the senate, the whole purpose is to take the two versions of the bill and recognzile and decide one that satisfies both houses. If the bill has gone to a conference committee and they came up with a compromise version of the bill. The compromise bill goes back to both houses of congress, which need to get voted againP 8. Bill compromised goes back to both houses 9. President 1. Sign it 2. Veto it 3. Sit on it, 10 days to sign the veto it - goes back to both houses and can be re veto/overridden it by 2/3’s of vote. If congress is still in session, and the president still is sitting on it the the bill becomes law. More than 10 days the bill becomes law, Less than 10 days the bill automatically vetoed, called pocket veto.Filibuster-A senator gets recognize and he refuses to relinquish the floor, endless debateSpeaker of the house - makes committee assignments, chooses rules committee, presides, controlling the flow of debate2. Majority Leader - responsible for his party policy
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