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SOL Review: Lawmaking Process

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Lawmaking Process
National laws are made by Congress
The process requires collaboration and compromise
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Lawmaking Process
1. Introducing a bill in either house
2. Working in committees
3. Debating the bill on the floor
4. Voting on the bill
5. Sending the bill to the other house
6. Repeating the process in the other house
7. Sending the bill to the president
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Multiple Choice
What is the first step in the lawmaking process?
The bill is drafted and introduced
The bill is debated
The House votes on the bill
The president decides if it should be a law
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Multiple Choice
After the bill is introduced, what happens?
The full House or Senate votes on it.
The president decides
Working in committees
The other chamber decides the next step
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Multiple Choice
After the committee votes, what happens next?
The bill is debated on the floor of the chamber and voted on
The bill goes to the president
The other chamber debates the bill
The bill has passed at this point
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Multiple Choice
If one chamber (House or Senate) approves a bill, what happens?
The bill goes to the president
The bill has passed and is now law
The bill goes to the other chamber and the process is repeated
The Supreme Court votes on it
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Multiple Choice
If a bill passes both chambers, what happens next?
It goes to the Supreme Court
It goes to the President
It is up to each state what to do
Local governments vote on it
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Lawmaking Process
Elected officials in Congress write laws and take action in response to problems or issues
Individuals and interest groups help shape legislation
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Ways the executive branch influences policymaking
Delivering an annual speech to Congress (State of the Union address)
Proposing legislation
Approving or vetoing legislation
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Ways the executive branch influences policymaking
Appointing officials who help carry out the laws
Issuing executive orders
Appealing directly through the media and communications with citizens
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Multiple Choice
Who can help shape legislation?
Individuals
Interest groups
Executive branch
All answers are correct
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Multiple Select
Select ALL the ways the executive branch influences policymaking.
Through the State of the Union Address
Approving or vetoing legislation
Declaring a law unconstitutional
Issuing executive orders
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Multiple Select
Select ALL the ways the executive branch influences policymaking.
Appointing officials who help carry out the laws
Appealing directly through the media & communications with citizens
Proposing legislation
Granting pardons
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