Why do few bills become laws in the US?

Answer 1

The process of a bill introduced in either the House of Representatives or the US Senate is a tedious and long one. Bills submitted may have to be presented to a subcommittee then a committee. The vote in just one, the House. for example may never happen as the bill cannot be "gotten" out of the pertaining committee. Then there might be additions to the bill or the bill may be attached to another bill. If passed then it travels to the Senate, and a similar process takes place. If there is a recess for say 2 weeks, that slows the entire process down. If the US president has a problem with a " finished" bill, that bill might be vetoed.

Answer 2

The reason why only 10% of bills proposed become laws is because the committees don't feel that there are funds to support the bill. Also, the bill goes through a very long process before decided if it should be a law:

First, the bill must be written out and read in the place where it was thought of (the House or the Senate).

Then it must be voted on. Most bills are killed in the House/Senate (where they were read for the first time).

However, if it moves on, it will go to the House/Senate (wherever it was NOT read for the first time). There it will be voted on again.

If both houses pass the bill, it is sent to the President for approval.

As you can see, it is a very long process and it is very hard for the bill to make it all the way up to Capital Hill.

Also, it can be amended so it is sent back and forth between the Senate and House for a VERY long time.

"I'm just a bill, sitting on Capital Hill"

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Answer 3

Many bills are written for political reasons, so someone can say they wrote/supported certain legislation. That, combined with the need to be a perfect storm of billionaires support and being able to spun to the masses don't hate it, results in many bills not being passed.

Answer 4

because not every bill gets looked at;

i guess you can say it's tossed around ;

it goes through stages like :

getting sent to the senate ; AND the house of representative

it also goes through committees (who decide to make changes or not)

then its sent to the president for final approval ; like the president can decide to make the bill a law ; or he can veto it (deny it; and the bill dies) or he can pocket veto it (hold it for 10 days to decide and if a decision isn't made after 10 days ; its automatically vetoed)

so only a few become a law because its really up to the president and to this nation one little mistake can mess everything up l so bills are very sensitive ;its like that have to be PERFECT before sent to the president .... and LALOT need checking ; which is why a lot doesn't make it .

i hope i helped u ... i hope I'm not late. and i hope i don't sound like a freaking nerd :/ I'm in 8th grade by the way ... lmfao

Answer 5

It is strictly based on voting support from a state congress or assembly or the Federal Congress.

In the United States we do not live in a democracy we live in a Representative Republic, which means we elect representatives to vote for us in a congress or assembly, whereas in a democracy each individual person would directly vote on every issue.

That being said in a representative republic, most bills require a simple majority (whereas some cases 2/3 vote or 3/4 vote) either way the representatives vote for their constituents and if the votes are not there then simply many bills just fail to become law.

Answer 6

Many go to committee and that is where they die. In recent years members seem not to be able to compromise or agree to get the people's business done. They have allowed their own interests or the party interests to interfere with the common good.

Answer 7

They never make it out of committee

Answer 8

because ur so dumb

Answer 9

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