American Government

Government-9/9/13 September 9, 2013 Appetizer: What are the steps for a bill to become a law? EQ: What are some bills being considered by the HR and the Senate? Pebblebrook 2.0-Discoing to the beat of the HR and Senate! Main Course: Grab a laptop and start researching and having fun with bills being considered in the HR and the Senate. You have to turn in 3 bills from each by the end of the class. I want everyone to look at the draft for a bill stating the Syria crisis. Tell me what you think about the statement and verbage. Dessert: TOD-what surprising thing did you learn today about bills? Laptop Activity-Music of the Day-Discoing to the beat of the Congress (HR and Senate) www.house.gov Click on legislative activity Bills to be considered (text for bills) http://docs.house.gov/floor/ http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_threhttp://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/DAV13973.pdfe_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm This site goes directly to bills! Notice Syria’s drafted bill: http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/DAV13973.pdf http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php Your task is to investigate 3 bills from HR (House of Representatives) and 3 from the Senate. Write down the #, who authored (who wrote it) and what the general idea of the bill is about. Your task is to use the entire period perusing the HR and Senate websites. Look up the Majority and Minority leadership by name. You will each hand this in to me at the end of the period. You will have the opportunity to share with your peers. Please do not list the 1st three you find; investigate, be thoughtful about this task. This is the beauty of a democracy and how bills do get passed. Have fun, but learn!