The first thing many people think of when they hear the word bill is money that they may owe to the government. When a bill is presented to the House of Representatives or the Senate it is known as a draft of a law. There are several different legislations such as bills, resolutions, and riders. There are two ways that a bill may be presented to Congress. A bill may be public or private depending on its contents.
A public bill involves matters of national interest. For example, a bill may be proposed on how Humana Health care has changed its guidelines to the elderly. A private bill only applies to certain persons or places rather than the nation as a whole. A private bill may apply to the Haitian refugees that arrived to Key Biscayne. Either way they both may be presented to the House of R
In the end the bill is taken to the President in which he has the ability to do either five things: 1. Sign the bill into law 2. Hold the bill without signing or vetoing it for ten days after which it will become a law 3. Veto and return the bill to Congress (they may override his orders with a two-thirds vote in Senate and H.O.R) 4. Make use of pocket veto 5. Make use of the line item veto by the Supreme Court.
Through the years in order for a bill to become a law it has to undergo a long process of research. Not only through the House of Representatives and the Senate but also through the President. Bills are proposed every day by different organizations, interest groups, and citizens of the United States. When a bill becomes a law it makes a change not only for where the bill was estab
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