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Intro From a bill to a law Six Steps Conc. Key Terms Hearing Mark-up Filibuster Cloture Earmarking (Pork- Barrel Projects). Congress II. For A Bill To Become Law:. A majority vote of support is needed in both the House & Senate.
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Intro From a bill to a law Six Steps Conc. Key Terms Hearing Mark-up Filibuster Cloture Earmarking (Pork- Barrel Projects) Congress II
For A Bill To Become Law: • A majority vote of support is needed in both the House & Senate. • The House & Senate version of the bill must be exactly the same.
Step One HR # 755 • Raise the minimum wage to $10.00 per hour.
Step Two: In Committee Tobacco Executives Testifying A bill is literally “marked-up” with its changes Baseball players testifying at a Congressional Hearing
Step Two: In Committee HR # 755 • Raise the minimum wage to $10.00 per hour. Based on the testimony at the hearings, the original bill is “marked-up” or modified. 9.00 • Overtime for people working over 40 hours per week is $20.00 per hour.
Filibuster (Senate Only) • One Senator (or a group) engage(s) in continuous speech, bringing to a halt ALL Senate activity. • Only if they: • Keep talking • Remain standing { Today, they usually just “talk” an issue to death • Cloture Vote: Ends a filibuster (60 votes are required).
Filibuster Jimmy Stewart Strom Thurmond (24 hours & 18 minutes)
Ear-marking or Pork-Barrel Projects • Funding for a specific project in a member’s district; it brings money and/or jobs.
Press Conference at WSCC(11/29/04) WSCC received $400,000 to retrain displaced workers
HR # 755 SB # 130 • Raise the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour. • Raise the minimum wage to $11.00 per hour. • Overtime for people working over 40 hours per week is $20.00 per hour. • Overtime for people working over 40 hours per week is $15.00 per hour.
Step Four: Conference HR # 755 SB # 130 • Raise the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour. • Raise the minimum wage to $11.00 per hour. $10.00 $10.00 • Overtime for people working over 40 hours per week is $20.00 per hour. • Overtime for people working over 40 hours per week is $15.00 per hour. $17.50 $17.50
Intro From a bill to a law Six Steps Conc. Key Terms Mark-up Filibuster Cloture Earmarking (Pork- Barrel Projects) Congress II