Approved and Denied Items by the HELP committee

When voting occurs in the House of Representatives, there must be at least 218 votes before it can move to the Senate, which is where the HELP committee is located. The bill is discussed at length in the Senate, as well as committee, and a vote takes place in which at least 51 members must pass the bill. It either then goes to the President or back to the House of Representatives. A vote that goes back to the House of Representatives has different amendments than the ones passed by the House and must be re-voted and discussed before going to the President for a vote. A bill that is not passed does not move onto a different chamber of congress.

Once a bill goes to the President of the United States, he or she can pass it, and it then becomes a law. The President can also veto it which makes it not become law. When a bill is vetoed it can go back to Congress for revisions in order to make it into a law. If two-thirds of both the House and Senate vote yes to a bill that was vetoed by the President, it then becomes law ("How a bill", 2012).

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