Bill Chamber
Okay kiddo, do you know what a house is? Like the one you live in with your family? Great! So, in the same way, our government also has a big house called the Capitol building where all the important people who make rules for our country work.
Now, imagine that there is a group of people who are working together to make a new rule or law. This group of people is called a "committee".
When the committee finishes writing the new rule, they bring it to a big room in the Capitol building called the Bill Chamber. This room is kind of like a giant classroom, where the important people who make rules sit in rows, facing the front where the new rule is read out loud so everyone can hear it. This is called a "reading".
After the new rule is read out loud, the important people in the room talk about it and decide if they want to make any changes or add anything to it. They might argue about it or ask each other questions, kind of like people do in a big classroom discussion. This is called a "debate".
Once everybody has had a chance to talk and ask questions, they take a vote to decide if they want to pass the new rule or not. If more than half of the people in the room vote to pass it, then it goes to the next step, which is called a "vote".
But wait, there's more! The new rule doesn't become a "law" yet just because the important people in the Bill Chamber said they wanted it to. It still has to go through a few more steps before it can become a law. But that is a story for another time, little one.
Now, imagine that there is a group of people who are working together to make a new rule or law. This group of people is called a "committee".
When the committee finishes writing the new rule, they bring it to a big room in the Capitol building called the Bill Chamber. This room is kind of like a giant classroom, where the important people who make rules sit in rows, facing the front where the new rule is read out loud so everyone can hear it. This is called a "reading".
After the new rule is read out loud, the important people in the room talk about it and decide if they want to make any changes or add anything to it. They might argue about it or ask each other questions, kind of like people do in a big classroom discussion. This is called a "debate".
Once everybody has had a chance to talk and ask questions, they take a vote to decide if they want to pass the new rule or not. If more than half of the people in the room vote to pass it, then it goes to the next step, which is called a "vote".
But wait, there's more! The new rule doesn't become a "law" yet just because the important people in the Bill Chamber said they wanted it to. It still has to go through a few more steps before it can become a law. But that is a story for another time, little one.