Question

Please help! Unit test crisis!

Study the flow chart below, which represents the legislative path of a certain state bill.


Bill Introduced To House Of Reps

House Committee Recommends Amendments

Bill Sent To Senate

Senate Committee Recommends Not Passing The Bill

Bill Vetoed By Governor

Bill Becomes A Law


Which of the following scenarios would be BEST represented chronologically by the flow chart above?

A. A Washington bill banning public funding for charter schools was introduced and passed in the House without amendments. It then passed in the Senate despite the committee’s recommendation of not passing the bill. The bill was signed into law by the governor.


B. A Georgia bill banning tobacco smoking in public spaces was introduced in the House but failed the House vote. It then went to the Senate for a final vote and passed. The governor vetoed the bill, but his veto was overridden by a 2/3 vote in the House and Senate.


C. A Vermont bill lowering the minimum age for handgun ownership was introduced and passed in the Senate with amendments. The House committee recommended passage of the bill, and it subsequently passed the House vote. The governor signed the bill into state law but only after she vetoed certain lines from the bill with which she disagreed.



D. A Massachusetts bill allowing gay marriage was introduced and passed in the House of Representatives with amendments. The Senate committee recommended not passing the bill because it was “too controversial,” but it passed the Senate vote nonetheless. The governer vetoed the bill, but his veto was overridden by a 2/3 vote in the House and Senate and the bill became state law.



Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A

B

C

D

Answer 1

D is the correct answer.

In this fact pattern:

Bill Introduced To House Of Reps:  Gay Marriage bill introduced in the House and is (supposedly) sent to a committee.

House Committee Recommends Amendments: Bill is passed with amendments

Bill Sent To Senate

Senate Committee Recommends Not Passing The Bill: Senate Committee says too controversial but passes none the less and is sent to Governor

Bill Vetoed By Governor. Governor vetoes and is overridden.

Bill Becomes A Law: Bill becomes state law.

Answer 2

Answer:

D

Explanation:

As you can see in the chronological order of the matters, the best options that suits the description of the bill that is being tried to be passed is the D option on gay marriage, since the first step is the bill being introduced to the House of reps and approved with ammendments, then the bill is sent to senate, then the senate comittee recommends not to pass the bill since it is too controversial and it would cause damage to the public opinion on the politics that approve it, and then the govenor vetoes the bill because of that controversy but the vetoe is overrun by 2/3 of the house of representatives and it becomes law.