{"id":5847,"date":"2015-05-02T06:10:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T10:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=5847"},"modified":"2015-04-25T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T15:28:07","slug":"how-a-bill-becomes-a-law-crash-course-government-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=5847","title":{"rendered":"How a Bill Becomes a Law: Crash Course Government and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn\u2019t difficult enough, bills have to navigate a series of amendments and votes in both houses, potentially more committees, further compromise bills, and even more floor votes, just to end up on the chopping block of the president. And then in one fell swoop the president can stop a bill in its tracks with a veto! But then again, a presidential veto isn\u2019t necessarily a bill\u2019s end either.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66f4-NKEYz4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you can see we\u2019ve got to lot to cover, and we\u2019ll be the first to admit this has been covered before, and extraordinarily well might we add, by the folks at School House Rock. But we\u2019ll give it our best shot &#8211; without the singing of course. Well, not too much singing anyway.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is sponsored by Squarespace:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/crashcourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/crashcourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.squarespace.com\/crashcourse<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashCourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashCourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YouTubeCrashC&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TheCrashCourse<\/a><br \/>\nTumblr &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/thecrashcourse.tumblr.com<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nSupport Crash Course on Patreon:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/crashcourse\" href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/crashcourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/patreon.com\/crashcourse<\/a><br \/>\nCC Kids:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/crashcoursekids\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/crashcoursekids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/crashcoursekids<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn\u2019t difficult enough, bills have to navigate a series of amendments and votes in both houses, potentially more committees, further compromise bills, and even more floor votes, just to end up on the chopping block of the president. And then in one fell swoop the president can stop a bill in its tracks with a veto! But then again, a presidential veto isn\u2019t necessarily a bill\u2019s end either.\u00a0 As you can see we\u2019ve got to lot to cover, and we\u2019ll be the first to admit this has been covered before, and extraordinarily well might we add, by the folks at School House Rock. But we\u2019ll give it our best shot &#8211; without the singing of course. Well, not too much singing anyway. 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