Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Before we begin...

    1. Video: I'm Just a Bill

    2. Where do ideas for Bills come from?

    3. How do they get started?

    4. U.S Constitution Article 1

    5. Who can write a bill?

    1. Video: How Congress Works to Pass a Bill

    2. Bills for Raising Revenue

    3. Treaties

    4. Can the President Start a Bill?

    5. Article: Why Congress Must Stop Deferring Its Authority to the Executive Branch

    1. Graphic: How a Bill Becomes a Law

    2. Video: Overview of the Legislative Process

    3. Where does the Bill start?

    4. Where does it go when Congress is done?

    5. Process of Presidential Veto and Congressional Veto Override

    6. What is the Supreme Court's Role?

    1. Congressional Interactive Site

    2. Civil Rights Act of 1964

    3. Voting Rights Act of 1965

    4. Medicare and Medicaid 1965

    5. The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

    6. Patriot Act 2001

    1. Veto Power

    2. Executive Orders

    3. Determining Unconstitutionality

About this course

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