Guest Blogger: Jayden Shuster

Today in class we learned how a bill could potentially become a law. In the beginning of class we looked at two pictures. One was of the House of Representatives in their conference hall and the other was of sausage being made. Both of these pictures had shown the process of how something is made. Sausage doesn’t look very appealing when it’s being made; neither does a bill. It might not look satisfying in the beginning, but by the end it is looking pretty fine. A bill starts with one person introducing it, then a standing committee reviews it. If passed by majority then it is voted on by the House. If passed again it will be handed over the Senate and the same process will take place. This whole process can take months at a time, for each bill! One of the latest bills that has been made a law is the America Invents Act. This bill was addressed on March 29th of this year and was finally signed by the President as a law on September 15, 2011. Six months is a long time, but if the outcome of it is a law that makes sense and is necessary, then it is a six months I am willing to wait. The way our congress does things might be boring and seem pointless, but they are the ones that can change the rules that we follow.