How a Bill Becomes a Law 📄

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the ways the minority party in Congress can stop passage of a bill
• Explain how the House and Senate reach compromises
• Describe how a bill can "die" in committee
• Analyze the advantages of our lawmaking process

⏰ What We Did

• Watched Schoolhouse Rock! I'm Just a Bill
• Discussed and reviewed the legislative process used to enact a law
• Used the instructional notes from Lesson 7, Part 4 and the provided handout to answer questions on the legislative process

⚙️ Resources

• Schoolhouse Rock! I'm Just a Bill
• How a Bill Becomes Law (H-5)
• How a Bill Becomes a Law: Reading a Diagram (A-20)