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How a bill becomes a law
Title
How a bill becomes a law [electronic resource (video)] / Cambridge Educational (Firm)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2005], c1993.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (27 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 12, 2005.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This program deciphers the legislative process by explaining how an idea metamorphoses into a law. In interviews, prominent legislators and lobbyists explain how a bill is conceived, moved through the House and Senate or killed in committee, amended, prepared for a vote, and sent for the President or Governor's signature.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Cambridge Educational (Firm), 1993
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Branches of Government
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 to 12.
Contents
Democracy and Separation of Powers (3:04)
Legislative Branch: Lawmaking (4:04)
Bill Introduction and Committee (2:41)
Getting a Bill Out of Committee (5:15)
Evaluation and Floor Vote (4:15)
Revision, Full Vote, and the President (3:05)
Does the Lawmaking System Work? (3:34)
Videorecording number
14442s Infobase
8094 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Cambridge Educational (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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