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If it starts in the Senate, then after the House it goes to The President for his approval. If it starts in the House, the Senate must then vote on it before The President sees it.

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It is read, discussed, and amended if agreed on.

it is given a second reading- eva:)

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It is read, discussed, and amended if agreed on. Activity concerning a bill may include debates and compromises. Then the House votes whether to pass the bill (or resolution).

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Its given a second reading

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It is debated and voted on.

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Gets voted on.

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What happens to a bill when it reaches the full house or senate floor?

It's given a second reading


How do members of the U.S. House of Representatives vote on bills?

The Bill Is Referred to the Senate. When a bill reaches the U.S. Senate, it goes through many of the same steps it went through in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is discussed in a Senate committee and then reported to the Senate floor to be voted on. Senators vote by voice.


How do members of the U.S . House of representatives vote on bills?

The Bill Is Referred to the Senate. When a bill reaches the U.S. Senate, it goes through many of the same steps it went through in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is discussed in a Senate committee and then reported to the Senate floor to be voted on. Senators vote by voice.


To stall on the floor of the house or senate is called a?

a filibuster


Where are bills formally debated?

On the floor or the House or Senate


What main differences exist between the house and the senate in the lawmaking process?

All revenue bills must start in the House of Representatives. Represenatives do not have unlimited time to talk on the floor. They can be over-looked or given a time limit by the rules of the House of the Speaker of the House. Senators have no time limits and may talk indefinately unless there is a cloture vote in which other members of the Senate vote to halt discussions of the current item before the Senate.


What happenes next after a bill reaches the floor of the house?

Its given a second reading


Who calls a bill to debate on the floor?

The House Rules Committee places the bill on a calendar for floor debate in the House or the Senate.


how and when the bill reaches the floor of the house is decided by?

The time when the post arrives through the letterbox, and the force of gravity, determines when the bills land on the floor of the house.


Who are the most powerful players in the Senate and the House of Representatives?

The floor leaders (aside from the Speaker of the House in the House of Representatives).


Can force a committee to bring a bill to the floor of the house or the senate?

discharge petition


Steps how a bill becomes a law?

it gets introduced then sent to committees (house of reps) then house votes on it then introduced to senate sent to senate committees senate votes on it voting is called floor action because the bill is on the "floor" for voting then to president where he approves or vetoes