1. Before a law is a law, it is called a bill.
2. Bills must start in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
3. Bills for raising revenue or money bills must start in the House of Representatives.
4. The bill must be passed by both Houses before being sent to the President.
5. If the President agrees with the bill he will sign it.
6. Or the bill can become a law if the President ignores it for 10 days while Congress is in session.
7. If the President does not agree with the bill, he can veto it.
8. Or, if the bill sits on the President's desk for 10 working days while Congress is not in session, the bill will also die. This is called a pocket veto.
9. If the President vetoes a bill, Congress can override the veto if two-thirds of the Senate and two-thirds of the House of Representatives vote to make it a law. This is an example of checks and balances.
10. The article that I read was about President Barack Obama and Senator John Boehner trying to reach a resolution before our nation "falls over" the "fiscal cliff." My article was written after a phone call between Obama and Boehner. Obama proposed "to reduce his initial demand for $1.6 trillion in higher tax revenue over a decade to $1.4 trillion," but Boehner did not propose anything. Obama also offered to pull $340 billion from Medicare and $250 billion from other government benefit programs. I think that since it is a compromise, Boehner should suggest something, but I think it would be better to cut taxes and government benefit programs, but not Medicare. I believe this because I think everybody should be able to have some type of health insurance.
2. Bills must start in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
3. Bills for raising revenue or money bills must start in the House of Representatives.
4. The bill must be passed by both Houses before being sent to the President.
5. If the President agrees with the bill he will sign it.
6. Or the bill can become a law if the President ignores it for 10 days while Congress is in session.
7. If the President does not agree with the bill, he can veto it.
8. Or, if the bill sits on the President's desk for 10 working days while Congress is not in session, the bill will also die. This is called a pocket veto.
9. If the President vetoes a bill, Congress can override the veto if two-thirds of the Senate and two-thirds of the House of Representatives vote to make it a law. This is an example of checks and balances.
10. The article that I read was about President Barack Obama and Senator John Boehner trying to reach a resolution before our nation "falls over" the "fiscal cliff." My article was written after a phone call between Obama and Boehner. Obama proposed "to reduce his initial demand for $1.6 trillion in higher tax revenue over a decade to $1.4 trillion," but Boehner did not propose anything. Obama also offered to pull $340 billion from Medicare and $250 billion from other government benefit programs. I think that since it is a compromise, Boehner should suggest something, but I think it would be better to cut taxes and government benefit programs, but not Medicare. I believe this because I think everybody should be able to have some type of health insurance.