For a piece of legislation to become an official law in the United States, it must first undergo a long and complex process involving two branches of the government: the legislative and the executive. How a Law Is Passed puts students right where the law-making action is by tracking the progress of laws, from proposals in Congress, through debates in the House of Representatives and the Senate, to approval by the president.
For a piece of legislation to become an official law in the United States, it must first undergo a long and complex process involving two branches of ...