A representative places a bill in the House hopper, and the Clerk gives it an H.R. number. What normally happens next?

A House committee reports a bill favorably, and leaders want floor debate with limits on time and amendments. What step usually comes next in the House?

The House debates a bill, adopts amendments, and passes it by a simple majority. In the ordinary path, where does the measure go next?

The House passes one version of a transportation bill, but the Senate passes a version with different language. What must happen before it can go to the President?

Both chambers approve the conference report on an identical bill. What is the next major step before the bill can become law?

A committee chair never puts a referred bill on the agenda, and the session ends with no hearing or vote. What happened to the bill?

After hearings, a House committee votes to table a bill instead of reporting it. What happens to the bill?

A bill reaches the House floor after committee approval, but a majority votes no on final passage. What happens to the bill?

A Senate minority keeps debate open on a bill, and supporters cannot get three-fifths of senators to invoke cloture before adjournment. What has blocked the bill?

House and Senate conferees agree on a report, but the Senate rejects that report on the floor. Why does the bill not reach the President?

An enrolled bill reaches the President, and the President approves it by signing. What is the result?

The President returns a bill to the House with written objections. What option does Congress have if it still wants the bill to become law?

Congress remains in session, and the President neither signs nor returns a bill within ten days, Sundays excepted. What happens?

Congress adjourns before the ten-day return period ends, and the President does not sign the bill. What is this outcome?

What does a committee do during markup of a bill?

What is the job of a conference committee when House and Senate versions of a bill differ?

A committee chair refuses to schedule a bill for a vote, but a majority of House members still want it considered. What procedure lets them force the bill to the floor?

Use the process figure. What belongs in the first blank?

Use the process figure. What step is missing after a bill is introduced?

In the process figure, what committee step belongs in the blank before markup?

Use the process figure. What belongs in the blank between hearings and the committee vote?

Use the process figure. What step belongs in the blank before the full House debates and votes?

The process figure shows a House-passed bill. What missing step puts the bill before the other chamber?

Use the process figure. What belongs in the blank when the two chambers pass different versions?

Use the process figure. What action belongs in the blank after both chambers approve the same bill?