Quiz Jan 6th

1. Explain how a bill becomes a law:
It starts in either the House or Senate. It is written, revised and then put to vote. If iti is passed in the orginating group it is sent to the other one and goes through the same process. If majority votes for it, it is presented to the Governer. If he passes it, it becomes law, if he vetos it, it is brought back to the ground that wrote it and if 2/3 vote for it it also becomes law.

2. What is a committee and what purpose does it serve?:
A small group of people who assigned a catagory to attend to the laws relating.

3. Read the following link and share your opinions: 1 paragraph  http://keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=109027
I think it will be interesting to see how the shift in the House will affect our government. Im also interested to see if Noem is actually going to stick with what she says she's going to do or if its all a joke.

4.  Read the following link and find a story and give a reflection on it:1 paragraph  http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

I think reading the Constitution is a great idea. It will refresh their memory on how this country was intended to be ran and hopfully will help in aiding our country to being put back on the right track. However, it could be just a game to make the people of America think they really care...

5. Read the following link and give a reflection on it: 1 paragraph   http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/01/05/worried-about-national-debt-put-it-your-credit-card?test=latestnews
I think its rediculous that our government is now relying on donations for the people to pay of debt that we didnt cause. Like the article says, we dont have that great of an impact on  the total debt but donations. Our money is better put to other charities that are greatly affected by the donations.

6. Read the following link and give a reflection on it: 1 paragraph
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40925203/ns/politics-white_house/