1. Do-Now

 We will work on a do-now after WSMS.

2. Do-Now

 Please work on your do-now silently.

3. Announcements

 Tomorrow & Friday

4. Scenario 2
•
 run for office in
Joel has always wanted to
California. He moved there 9 years ago, having
lived in Oregon all of his life. He’s so excited
that he can finally run for the Congressional
office of his dreams. Which office does he want
to run for?

5. Review

 What did we talk about yesterday?
 What activities did we do?

6. American Idol

 You will have 5 minutes to work with your group
 Remember:
 You need to turn your lyrics into me
 You need to mention 6 powers in your song

7. Lesson 3, Unit: The Federal System

8. Take-Home Point

Is the lawmaking process
just or fair?

9. Today’s Agenda

 Do-Now
 Announcements + Review
 AI
 Lawmaking
 Notes
 So True/So False

10. Powers of Congress

 Which one of the 18 do you think is the most
important?

11. Lawmaking

One of the most
important
expressed powers
that Congress has
is Making the laws
of the nation.

12. Lawmaking

A bill is a
proposed law or
NO!
a draft of a law
YES!

13. A Step Back

Why do we
have rough
drafts when
we write?

14. Lawmaking

Ideas for laws can
come from members of
Congress, voters favoring
certain bills, a large
group of Americans
asking for bill, and the
President
Individuals and
interest groups help
shape laws

15. Lawmaking

 What does the process look like?

16. Step 1

The process
begins with the
introduction of a
bill by a Senator or
Representative in
Congress.

17. Step 2

The bill is then to
sent to a committee in
the house of
Congress it started in
Here it gets debated
and revised

18. Step 3

The bill is debated on
the floor of each house*
*NOT AT THE SAME
TIME- it goes all the
way through one
house first and THEN
begins the process
again

19. Step 4

The bill is
voted on in
each house

20. Step 5

The president Can I use
my pink
signs the bill into pen to sign
it?!
a law

22. Lawmaking

A bill can begin in
either house with the
exception of
appropriation bills or
bills that deal with
money which begin in
the House of
Representatives

23. Lawmaking

If the president
vetoes a
bill, Congress can
override the veto
with a two-thirds
vote in both houses.

24. Lawmaking

Most bills do not
survive this process
You will
(Less than 5% survive,
become laws). Bill!!
Probs
not, dude!

25. So True/So False

Hold up your cards to indicate your response. Blue is true, and
green is false.

26. So True/So False

A bill on gun control can begin in
either house.

27. So True/So False

Once a bill has successfully gone through the
process in the House of Representatives, the
Senators just need to vote on it, and then it
can go to the president.

28. So True/So False

A bill can die (be thrown out or
forgotten) in the committee phase of
the process in either house.

29. So True/So False

Only Congressmen can propose ideas
about laws.

30. So True/So False

Most bills become laws.

31. So True/So False

 The President has the final say on whether or not a
bill becomes a law.

32. So True/So False

The process of making laws is very
straightforward and simple.

33. Take-Home Point

Is the lawmaking process
just or fair?