Can your bill become law?

Students whose bills become law will be given 20 points extra credit!

DAY 1 & 2: Bill Writing

1. Class will be divided between 9 in the Senate and the rest in the House.
a. The Senate elects a leader who will be the Senate Majority Leader
b. The House elects a leader who will be the Speaker of the House
2. Each person writes their own bill
3. For examples of current bills proposed in either house, visit their, current Senate
Bills or current House Bills being considered

Bill Title (think of a catchy title): fix the inner cities

Bill Number (Choose a 3 digit number---If you are in the House label your bill H.R. ###, if
you are in the Senate label your bill S.B. ###): H.R.389

Text of your bill, make sure it has organization (outline format or bullet points or okay),
grammar, and completeness of ideas:
Inner city definition:The inner city is the central area of a major city.. Inner city areas tend to have higher
population densities than outer suburbs, with more of the population living inside multi-floored townhouses
and apartment buildings.
Fix the inner cities in the United States by making them cleaner and safer
Use taxpayers money

What is the fiscal impact of your bill if it were to become law? Loose money because fixing
inner cities will cost money

Is your bill Constitutional? Would your bill withstand a court challenge?Yes because is the
betterment of the people

Two possible positive consequences of this bill:

1. Less poverty
2. Community of Inner cities are much more cleaner and safer

Two possible negative consequences of this bill:

1. Cost a lot of money
2. Long process

What types of groups might benefit from your bill?

People living in inner cities

What types of groups might be harmed by your bill? Taxpayers

What are alternative solutions to the problem you are solving?
Have the people of inner cities clean up their city

What hard evidence do you have that your "solution" has ever worked in a cost effective
manner?None

Is it possible that society would be better off if this situation was left alone? We would just
be the way we are now because we still are not fixing the inner cities

DAY 3 & 4: Congress in Action

1. Each person presents to their house.
2. Only 4 bills are allowed to pass the House and 4 bills are allowed to pass the
Senate. The four bills with the MOST votes in either house will be sent to the
other house
3. The four bills will then be sent to the other side.
4. Next, they will choose their 2 favorite bills to send on to the President for signing
5. If it passes both houses they are sent to President Petty for signing.

DAY 5: Executive Action

The President has four options:
1. If he chooses to sign the bill, it becomes law.
2. If he chooses to do nothing for 10 days, the bill becomes a law.
3. If he chooses to do nothing for 10 days and during that time Congress adjourns, the
bill dies.
4. If he chooses to veto the bill, she must write his objections and return it to the house in
which it originated. That house must record the Presidents objections and reconsider the
bill. If after reconsideration of the bill and the objections the house can override the veto
with a two-thirds majority vote, the bill along with the objections are sent to the other
house for reconsideration. If that house also has a two-thirds majority vote to override
the veto, the bill becomes a law.