Constitution Lecture 10: How Bills Become Laws

 

The technical, constitutional procedure for a bill becoming a law, and the sinister things that happen in reality. Make Congress read the bills before voting with the Read the Bills Act: http://www.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/27 Stop Congress from attaching unrelated riders or combining unrelated bills with the One Subject at a Time Act: http://www.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/27 Red River Flood Relief bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d105:H.R.1469: Senate Roll Call vote passing the REAL ID Act 100-0: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00117 Schoolhouse Rock: How a Bill Becomes a Law http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ