Executive Branch

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Due to a common process what you are doing today could be illegal tomorrow. The process by which a bill becomes a law is often utilized by the U.S. government. Specifically,the Legislative branch, whose job is to create laws for the people living in America. The Executive branch aids in this process by signing or vetoing a bill into a law. Both branches are involved due to our system of checks and balances which our government must follow. This keeps our government’s power balanced. The Enlightenment gave us the idea of limited government - this is seen in the system of checks and balances which is found in the process of a bill becoming a law.
This process checks and balances between the Legislative branch and the Executive branch. The Executive
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Representatives write the bill and try to collect support from other representatives. It is then read to the House of Representatives and given a number. The bill is sent to the Committee and is changed and edited they decide whether or not to send it back to the House of Representatives. There they discuss the pros and cons of the bill and why it should or should not become a law. Next the bill is voted on. If the bill gets a majority to agree to it, it is passed to the senate. It is given to the senate committee to discuss and decide whether to have the senate vote on it. If the bill receives the majority vote from the senators it is given to the president. If the president signs it, the bill is made a law. If the president doesn’t do anything with it, it is made into law after ten days but only if congress is meeting. If congress isn’t the bill does not become a law. If the president vetoes the bill it can be sent back to the House of Representatives and to the Senate. They can make it into law if the bill is approved of by two-thirds of the senators and representatives (How Laws Are …show more content…
Bill H.R. 176 was introduced to House Committee as of January 6th 2015. Its purpose is to “To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to permit the collection of user fees by non-Federal entities in connection with the challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities, and for other purposes” (https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/176). It still has to be adjusted, given to the House, the Senate, and the President. President Obama has only vetoed two bills so far. One of vetoed bill is H.R. 3808. It “ Requires each federal and state court to recognize any lawful notarization occurring in or affecting interstate commerce which is made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a state other than the state where the court is located”(H.R.3808 - Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010). It passed the House and the Senate but was vetoed by the president. It was not overridden after it was