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| Either a Representative or a Senator who decides to sponsor the bill. | |
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| It's probably really hard to get a bill introduced. You have to have connections with all those senators and stuff. | |
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| Bills are introduced when it is placed in the hopper- a special box on the side of the clerk's desk. Only a representative can introduce bills to the U.S. House of Representatives. | |
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| Really? Just a box? Then what? | |
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| The bill clerk then assigns it a number. A reading clerk then reads the bill to all the Representatives and the speaker of the House sends the bill to one of the House standing comittees. | |
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