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10.8 The Process & Politics of Lawmaking
AP Government & Politics Timpanogos High School
AP Government & Politics Timpanogos High School
10.8a Basic Steps in Lawmaking Basic Steps
Introduce Committee Assignment Floor Action Presidential Action
Public vs Private bills 2 Types of Bills
Bills – force of law Resolutions
Joint – force of law Simple Concurrent
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How a Bill Becomes Law
HouseIntroduction (hopper)
Senate
Reported Out
Committee (Speaker Assigns)
Subcommittee
Hearings / Markup
Rules committee
House Calendars
Floor Action
Debate & Voting (Voice, Roll Call, Teller)
President (Signs, Veto, Pocket Veto)
Committee
Introduction (From floor or as an amendment)
Subcommittee
Hearings / Markup
Reported Out
Floor Action
Debate & Voting (Voice, Roll Call, Teller)
Conference Committee (works out differences in the House and Senate versions of the bill)
Only a Bill – SNL Vrsn
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How a bill becomes law Rules & Strategies…
Must pass both houses in one term / Only a fraction of bills introduced pass
How a bill becomes law
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Rules and Strategies Very few bills become law –
3% became law in 113th Congress
Most bills die in committee - Discharge petition
Amendments – Used to change bills, sometimes
sabotage bills “Riders” are amendments that
are not germane ..... Christmas tree bill
How a bill becomes law Rules and Strategies
Filibuster used to stall or kill a bill (Senate only) Cloture / Rule 22 Cruz Oct. 2013 Nuclear option
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The Politics of Lawmaking Process is slow and complex
Easier to block or kill a bill than to pass it Allows outside influence – Interest
Groups (See “Homeland security, Whodunit”)
Outside influences – Lobbyists Obama’s Deal (trailer)
Congress is Polarized: thus to get things done… Overwhelming public support -
War authorization, Patriot Act, etc. Compromise is the “art of politics”
Iraq - benchmarks v. timetables
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The Politics of Lawmaking Jockeying for the legislative lead
Congress v. President Democrats v. Republicans
Pork Barrel Legislation / Earmarks Pig Book (CAGW) Omnibus Bills Cromnibus Spending Bill (CNN Dec. 2014) What's tucked in the Bill (CNN Dec 2014)
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Health Care Reform (2010)
Debate in Congress (2010) ……………………………....Final Vote
The Politics of Lawmaking
THE POLITICS OF WEAPONSCASE STUDY
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Case Study: Politics of Weapons
Why is it so hard to Cut Defence Spending? F-22 Raptor Support the F-35
All Politics are Local Politics
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Case Study: All Politics are Local Politics
Save the A10 (Facebook)
Politics of the A-10(NPR audio)
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Case Study: All Politics are Local Politics M1 Abrams
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Case Study: the V-22 Osprey
For more info on the V-22, check the notes section of this slide
Finis Perfectus