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The House followed on March 4, 2010, passing an amended version (in compliance with new pay-as-you-go rules) by a vote of 217–201. On March 17,2010 the Senate agreed to the House's amendment by a vote of 68–29, and sent the bill to the President. President Barack Obama signed the bill on March 18, 2010. [4]
The bill was the United States Senate companion to proposed legislation in the House of Representatives by Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. She said she was motivated to write the bill after a loud commercial interrupted conversation at a family dinner; when she turned to her brother-in-law ...
In the Senate, the bill is placed on the desk of the presiding officer. [6] The bill must bear the signature of the member introducing it to verify that the member actually intended to introduce the bill. The member is then called the sponsor of that bill. That member may add the names of other members onto the bill who also support it.
H.R. 1 (short for House of Representatives 1 [1]) is an identifier for a bill of the United States House of Representatives. Historically, H.R. 1 indicated the first bill introduced in a given Congress (as the numbering system restarts every two years with each new Congress).
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.Together, they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The House passed a large defense bill Friday evening that included a provision that would automatically enroll young men between the ages of 18 and 26* for the Selective Service.
The House bill gives U.S. companies until 2032 to end work with the Chinese firms, news that lifted shares of potentially affected Chinese companies in trading in Hong Kong earlier this week.
The House and Senate are equal partners in the legislative process—legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers. Once a bill is approved by one house, it is sent to the other which may pass, reject, or amend it. For the bill to become law, both houses must agree to identical versions of the bill.