Dance of Legislation

Dance of Legislation BY : MR_JoNES^ The ‘Dance of Legislation’ is what an idea has to go through before it becomes a law. Legislation may be introduced in the House or the Senate, or even in both at the same time. The only exception is when dealing with financial issues, in which case the legislation has to start in the House. An example would be the issue of free tuition. Any member of Congress, voting …showed first 75 words of 1252 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1252 total…the House. The House can override the President’s veto by a two-thirds majority vote. If successful, the bill goes to the Senate and the Senate can also override the President’s veto by a majority two-thirds vote. If this happens, then the bill will be passed. Throughout history though, only 4% of Presidential vetoes has been overruled. The final option for the President would be to just sign the bill, and thereby making it law.