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The President of the Senate is _____ | the Vice President, Joe Biden |
The speaker of the House is _____ | Nancy Pelosi |
The bill is introduced in the _____ | Senate |
After introduction, the bill is assigned to a _____ | subcommittee, who then assigns committee |
After committee has studied the bill, held hearings, they _____ | approve the bill |
After the bill is approved in committee, it goes to _____ to be debated on. | leadership |
After leadership, the legislation (bill) is introduced to _____ | the full Senate to vote on |
If the bill is passed by the Senate, the original bill will be introduced to _____ | the House of Representatives |
After introduction to the House, the resolution (bill) is assigned to _____ | a subcommitee and then to a committee. |
After the legislation (bill) is debated on (and did not die), it is sent to _____ | the rules committee |
The rules committee must approve the bill before it can be _____ | introduced to the full House |
The full House offers _____ | amendments and changes |
After the full House offers amendments and changes, the _____ | vote is taken |
Now that each house of Congress has passed their version of the bill, _____ | both bills must go to a conference committee |
The conference committee will _____ | iron out the differences between the two bills and a compromise will emerge |
After the conference committee comes up with a compromise bill, _____ | the compromised resolution (bill) goes back to the full House and full Senate |
If each house approves the compromise, then the legislation (bill) goes to _____ | the president to sign into law |