Starter Kit: How A Bill (really) Becomes a Law

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

We at Civics 101 adore Schoolhouse Rock and that sad little scrap of paper on the steps of the Capitol. But today we try to finish what they started, by diving into the messy, partisan, labyrinthine process of modern-day legislation. This episode features the voices of Andy Wilson, Adia Samba-Quee, Alizah Ross, and Eleanor Powell.

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:04.0	Well, here it is.
0:06.0	So this is coming a mile away.
0:08.0	You sure got a clone of a lot of stuff to get to this Capitol building here in Washington.
0:12.0	Well I wonder who that satellite scrap of paper is.
0:16.0	I'm just a Bill.
0:18.0	Yes, I'm only a Bill.
0:20.0	And I'm sitting here on Capitol.
0:22.0	Do kids even know about this?
0:24.0	School House Rock?
0:26.0	No, it was an educational animated TV show from the 1970s.
0:30.0	I think we should ask a student.
0:32.0	Do you have one in mind?
0:34.0	Hello.
0:36.0	This is Nick Greg.
0:38.0	It is Nick. What's up, Adia?
0:40.0	Hi.
0:42.0	Adia. Hi, Adia.
0:44.0	Adia Sambaque was our first student contest winner.
0:46.0	She's a civics friend.
0:48.0	She had just finished taking a test when I called her.
0:50.0	What was the test on?
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