Once a bill is sent to the president, he or she must sign the legislation within 10 days for it to become law. To veto the legislation, the president sends the bill to the back to Congress without a signature. The House and the Senate can override a veto with a two-thirds vote in both chambers.

If the bill passes by simple majority (218 of 435), the bill moves to the Senate. In the Senate, the bill is assigned to another committee and, if released, debated and voted on.

If the bill passes in the House of Representatives, it is then sent to the Senate. A Senate Committee reviews the bill before it proceeds to the Senate floor for a vote. When both Chambers agree on identical versions of the bill, a copy is presented to the President.

Why does it take so long for Congress to pass legislation? The legislative process is often slow, just as the framers of the Constitution intended. The framers believed that a slow-moving legislature would be less able to infringe on citizens’ nights and liberties as well as thoroughly go through laws or bills.

when accepting a bill, a committee can first completely re write it, make changes, or recommend that it be adopted as is before sending it back to the house or senate for further action. committee members & staff are considered experts on their subjects.

If a different version of the bill is passed in each house, the bill goes to conference committee, which writes a compromise bill that must be approved by each house by a simple majority. If the same bill is passed in both houses, it then goes to the President of the United States.

He can:

• Sign and pass the bill—the bill becomes a law.
• Refuse to sign, or veto, the bill—the bill is sent back to the U.S. House of Representatives, along with the President’s reasons for the veto.
• Do nothing (pocket veto)—if Congress is in session, the bill automatically becomes law after 10 days.

The president can approve the bill and sign it into law or not approve (veto) a bill. If the president chooses to veto a bill, in most cases Congress can vote to override that veto and the bill becomes a law.

Fort David Allen Russell

Camp Humphreys

Because a foreign country having a base in the US wouldn’t serve any purpose. The US military is sufficiently powerful that it doesn’t need other countries to have bases there to provide security and deterrence in the same way US military bases provide these things to other countries (or the US itself).

Due to the U.S. media focus on the Vietnam War, the removal of NATO forces from France went virtually unreported in the US. During 1966-67 all USAF offices and facilities in France were closed and personnel and equipment moved.

Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (Chinese: 清泉崗空軍基地, CCK) is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan….

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