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Crash Course Government and Politics
How a Bill Becomes a Law: Crash Course Government #9
Season 1
Episode 9
The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. 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.
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