Congress receives many bill referrals over the course of a term. How do they decide which bills will make it to the house floor? Committees hold this power and play an important role in deciding which bills get debated by Congress. Watch this video that explains the committee procedures. A chart is also included showing the overall legislative process. [3:40]

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committee hearings in congress, committee markup, congress.gov: the legislative process: committee consideration, how a bill becomes law, legislative process, role of committees in congress

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RH.11-12.4