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A representative in the House introduces the bill.
A House Committee is assigned to study the bill.
The Committee votes and approves the bill.
The bill returns to the House for debate on the floor.
The House passes its version of the bill.
House members meet with Senate members in Conference to reach a compromise on a single form of the bill
The House and Senate both approve the Conference version of the bill.
The bill goes to the President.
The President vetoes the bill.
The bill returns to Congress. Members of Congress vote to override the veto. Two-thirds of each house approve the bill.
The bill becomes a law.