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Ideas can come from anyone. Even you!
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Contact elected officials with your idea for a bill that you came up with.
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If your elected official likes your idea and want to make it a law, they will write up a bill.
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A bill can start its way to becoming a law in either The House of Representatives or The House of the Senate.
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Your bill gets introduced by the primary sponsor that is either a Senator or a Representative to either of the house of Congress.
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In the House of Representatives bills are placed in a wooden box called "The Hopper."
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Representatives or Senators meet in a small group to research, talk about, and make changes to the bill.
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The small group of Representatives and Senators vote to accept or reject the bill and its changes before sending it.
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The bill is sent to the House or the Senate floor for debate or to a subcommittee for further research.
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Members of the House or the Senate now debates the bill and propose changes or amendments before voting
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Majority vote wins. If Majority vote is for the bill it passes through that house and moves to the other house.
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The same voting process happens in the other house.
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Both Houses have to agree on the same version of the bill.
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Once agreed upon the same final version of the bill, the bill goes to the President.
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If the president vetos the bill it goes back to congress to go through the same process over again.
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If the president accepts the law, then the bill becomes a LAW!!!
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