Quiz Jan. 6th

1. Explain how a bill becomes a law:
The first step is to propose a bill. The bill is passed on to the Senate and House of Representitives. The both have standing committees and decide if the bill goes to the floor or dies. Once it is to the floor it is debated over and then is voted on to either send it or let it die. If both the Senate and the House of Representitives want to send it, it then goes to the President. The President has three options he can either pass it, veto it, or do nothing with it.

2. What is a committee and what purpose does it serve?:

A committee is a person or a group of people elected or appointed to perform a service or discuss about something. The purpose of a committee is so they all can debate about whatever the topic is and decide if it is a good thing or not. 
3. Read the following link and share your opinions: 1 paragraph  http://keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=109027
I think Kristi Noem is a very independent and strong leader. She is going to do what is right for our state and she isn't afraid to say it. She states that she wants to stand out among the 87 Republicans, and I think she will. I agree with her decision to repeal the health care bill but it will be hard when the Democrats still out number the Republicans in the Senate.

4.  Read the following link and find a story and give a reflection on it:1 paragraph  http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

I think it is really cool that they are reading the Constitution. Every member gets to read a part of it and it may take up to two hours but they will all get a better understanding of it. It truely shows that the House of Representatives is really dedicated and will stick to the Constitution. I also think it is a great idea to post all the bills 72 hours before so they have time to make their final decisions.

5. Read the following link and give a reflection on it: 1 paragraph   http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/01/05/worried-about-national-debt-put-it-your-credit-card?test=latestnews

I do not agree with the idea of using your credit card and paying for it later. It is still the same thing, Americans are spending more money than they have and are making the nation's debt even bigger. 14 trillion dollars is a lot of money and the government needs to actually do something to change that instead of telling Americans to put it on their credit card. Americans are just spending more money than they have and will most likely not have the money to pay it back later so it puts more people in debt.


6. Read the following link and give a reflection on it: 1 paragraph
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40925203/ns/politics-white_house/

I think it is a very good idea to get new people working for Obama. I think it is also great that Gibbs is an outside guy to Obama. That way he knows what its like to be a regular American and knows the struggles that come with it. He gets to see what its really like and gets to spend more time with his family. Obama's three goals good ones. They are to become more efficient, realign itself for a divided government, and to get Obama re-elected.