Legislation and Lawmaking

Legislation and lawmaking refer to the process through which laws are conceived, drafted, debated, amended, and ultimately passed or rejected by various legislative bodies in the United States, primarily Congress at the federal level and state legislatures at the state level. This process involves elected representatives and senators proposing bills, which are then discussed in committees and on the floors of the House of Representatives and the Senate, before being voted on. If a bill passes both houses of Congress and is signed by the President, it becomes law. State-level processes follow a similar pattern, tailored to each state's constitution and procedural rules.