FLOOR ACTION: Debate bill, consider amendments, and vote on final passage. Bills require majority vote (218 members) to pass.
Senate
INTRODUCTION: Senate 1 (S1)
COMMITTEE ACTION
Referred to Senate committee
Referred to subcommittee
Reported by full committee
FLOOR ACTION: Debate bill, consider amendments, and vote on final passage. Most bills require 60 votes (3/5ths of chamber) to pass.
The next step: Conference action
A conference committee, comprised of members from each chamber, works out the differences between the two versions of the bill.
Returns to chambers
House
Bill is returned to the House for a vote. No amendments allowed.
Senate
Bill is returned to the Senate for a vote. No amendments allowed.
Last step: With the president
Compromised version, approved by both chambers, sent to the President. He can sign it into law or veto it and return to Congress. Congress may override veto power with two-thirds majority vote in each chamber.
