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  2. Legislation - Wikipedia

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    Legislation is the process or result of enrolling, enacting, or promulgating laws by a legislature, parliament, or analogous governing body. [1] Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred to as "legislation" while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business ...

  3. Bill (United States Congress) - Wikipedia

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    These committees consider legislation relating to each policy area of jurisdiction. Thousands of bills are introduced in every session of Congress, and no single member can possibly be adequately informed on all the issues that arise. The committee system is a way to provide for specialization, or a division of the legislative labor.

  4. Legislature - Wikipedia

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    Some of the responsibilities of a legislature, such as giving first consideration to newly proposed legislation, are usually delegated to committees made up of a few of the members of the chamber(s). The members of a legislature usually represent different political parties ; the members from each party generally meet as a caucus to organize ...

  5. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The approval of both chambers is required to pass all legislation, which then may only become law by being signed by the president (or, if the president vetoes the bill, both houses of Congress then re-pass the bill, but by a two-thirds majority of each chamber, in which case the bill becomes law without the president's signature). The powers ...

  6. State legislature (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Most limits are set by internal legislative rules, while Louisiana's legislature is limited by constitutional amendment. The Iowa State Capitol building, where the Iowa General Assembly convenes. Generally, the legislative bodies and their committees use either Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure or an amended form thereof. [8]

  7. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Legislation passed to implement the Constitution, or to adapt those implementations to changing conditions, broadens and, in subtle ways, changes the meanings given to the words of the Constitution. Up to a point, the rules and regulations of the many federal executive agencies have a similar effect.

  8. Supreme Court unanimous ruling may pave way for mass deportation

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    (The Center Square) – A unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may pave the way for challenges to a federal deportation plan under the incoming Trump administration to be defeated. The ...

  9. Act of Congress - Wikipedia

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    An act of Congress is a statute enacted by the United States Congress. Acts may apply only to individual entities (called private laws), or to the general public ...