What happens when a bill is pigeonholed?

it means to ignore the bill and let it die, is what my Social Studies book says word for word ...

Pigeonholed means to put something away until a proper time. A bill that is being considered towards a new law might get pigeonholed if the current Congress does not want to deal with the issue. The bill could stay pigeonholed for a long time. ...

A pigeonholed bill is one that has been ignored by a congressional comittee and has therfore died before being signed into law. ...

Pigeonholed, cheater ;)

Pigeonholed (of people or things) filed in the appropriate category or compartment (like the pigeonholes in a desk), often with the sense of being dealt with and forgotten; shelved. Above retrieved from Answers.com Viper1 ...

Pigeonholed - 1999 was released on: USA: 28 September 1999 (AFI Film Festival) ...

sorted compartmentalized pigeonholed

Most bills die in committee.

Classified, assort, file, label etc.

The bill becomes a law.

I want to know what happens to a bill that is passed by the Senate?

The bill is voted down.

He RETURNS The Bill To Congress UNSIGNED.

If the president does not agree with a bill he/she can return it.

The bill just stays a bill. It doesn't become a law.

the bill becomes the law

It automatically defeats the bill.

The bill is tabled, or set aside.

after the bill is passed it heads on to the president to pass it

thw bill goes to the president to be signed

Both Houses of Congress must agree to a bill; otherwise, the bill fails.

it doesn't get a vote.

Failure to Act on a Bill is like killing it

The bill will most likely die.

Nick tells Bill to go away