In order for a bill to become a law it must first be passed within both of the chambers of Congress, The House of Representatives and the Senate. First and foremost, the two chambers vary within size and term lengths, the House has 435 congressmen with two-year terms and the Senate has 100 Senators with six year terms. Both chambers have different rules and procedures to pass bills through. The House is the “peoples party” and in session, Monday through Thursday whereas the Senate operates less formally and in accordance to their calendar they convene at 12pm on days they are in session. In order for the House to adopt a rule, the majority leader must first set dates and times to debate on bills, once the day arrives the majority leader
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Due to the size of the House of Representatives, a Committee of a whole is introduced, which includes one hundred Representatives in order to speed up the process of legislation. In the Committee of the Whole, the representatives debate on the amendments of the bill. The general debate of the bill takes place in the committee of the whole, this is where the rules are set and the discussion takes place. Following the general debate, the Representatives move onto the amending phase. The amending phase allows for the sponsor to discuss their amendment for five-minutes—during this time many individuals will attempt to propose amendments that will either load the bill or sweeten the bill. Following the proposed Amendments, the committee of the whole votes electronically, and the votes are displayed on a board. The entire House of Representatives then recommits; this is a time where the minority party is able to protect themselves from the majority party in the passing of the bill. Following the recommit stage, they then vote on the bill (Congress and its Members). As stated, earlier the Senate has a less formal setting. According to Congress and its members, “…the Senate has two rules (unanimous and exhaustion) and three speeds (slow, slower …show more content…
If a bill is held up in a committee a Senator has the ability to propose the legislation as an amendment to a random bill, Jefferson stated, “Amendments may be made, so as to totally alter the nature of the proposition” (248). Senators are able to propose these amendments on bills they know will pass therefore enhancing their own gains. In the Senate holds, filibusters and clotures are important, yet add time to decision making. The Senate also requires a super-majority in order to pass a bill. The super-majority must have at least 60 “Yays” this is in order to ensure and protect minority proponents in bill making. In the Senate, the minority party has more ability to influence law in the decision making than it does in the House of Representatives, because in the House the majority leader is given the ability to read off the rules, whereas in the Senate, each and every individual is allowed the opportunity to rule on the Unanimous consent agreement. There are several differences in the rules and regulations in the chambers of Congress but this is important to law-making because each proposed law is reviewed differently in the process of passing. In the House of Representatives, the law is formally discussed whereas in the
Due to the size of the House of Representatives, a Committee of a whole is introduced, which includes one hundred Representatives in order to speed up the process of legislation. In the Committee of the Whole, the representatives debate on the amendments of the bill. The general debate of the bill takes place in the committee of the whole, this is where the rules are set and the discussion takes place. Following the general debate, the Representatives move onto the amending phase. The amending phase allows for the sponsor to discuss their amendment for five-minutes—during this time many individuals will attempt to propose amendments that will either load the bill or sweeten the bill. Following the proposed Amendments, the committee of the whole votes electronically, and the votes are displayed on a board. The entire House of Representatives then recommits; this is a time where the minority party is able to protect themselves from the majority party in the passing of the bill. Following the recommit stage, they then vote on the bill (Congress and its Members). As stated, earlier the Senate has a less formal setting. According to Congress and its members, “…the Senate has two rules (unanimous and exhaustion) and three speeds (slow, slower …show more content…
If a bill is held up in a committee a Senator has the ability to propose the legislation as an amendment to a random bill, Jefferson stated, “Amendments may be made, so as to totally alter the nature of the proposition” (248). Senators are able to propose these amendments on bills they know will pass therefore enhancing their own gains. In the Senate holds, filibusters and clotures are important, yet add time to decision making. The Senate also requires a super-majority in order to pass a bill. The super-majority must have at least 60 “Yays” this is in order to ensure and protect minority proponents in bill making. In the Senate, the minority party has more ability to influence law in the decision making than it does in the House of Representatives, because in the House the majority leader is given the ability to read off the rules, whereas in the Senate, each and every individual is allowed the opportunity to rule on the Unanimous consent agreement. There are several differences in the rules and regulations in the chambers of Congress but this is important to law-making because each proposed law is reviewed differently in the process of passing. In the House of Representatives, the law is formally discussed whereas in the