When there is a need for a new law, any member of the National Assembly can propose a bill and then this bill is sent to the committee for a review. The committee sends it to the National Assembly. Members of the National Assembly debate it. Then the bill is sent to the Senate. When the bill is passed by majority votes of the Senate members, it is sent to the president for final approval. The bill becomes a law when the president signs it.
So now we know that a law is like a rule that we must follow. We know that Congress makes the laws, and now we will learn how they are made.
Laws start in Congress. When someone in the House of Representatives or the Senate wants to make a law,
they start by writing a bill. A bill is like an early version, or a draft, of the proposed law.
Each Congress lasts about two years. During that time, Senators and Representatives may introduce thousands of bills. Yet only some of those bills will eventually become laws.
The bill has to be voted on by both houses of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. If they both vote for the bill to become a law, the bill is sent to the President of the United States. He or she can choose whether or not to sign the bill. If the President signs the bill, it becomes a law. If the President decides not to sign the bill into law, it is called a veto and the bill is sent back to Congress. Congress can bypass, or override, the veto with a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate. The bill would then become a law.