Writing a Bill, Part 2

Questions of the Day:

1. How will my bill be assessed?
   
2. What do I need to know from experts to make my legislation better?
   
3. What are the main points I want to include in my legislation?

 
Objectives:  By the end of class today, you should…

1. Have a clear topic chosen for your legislation (write it on the board!).
   
2. Have a list of questions written for the experts from each perspective.  These could be general questions about the topic, questions about what their party/industry would support, or questions about your specific legislation you’d like them to address.
   
3. Have the preamble outlined.
   
4. Have a list of things you want to include in your bill.
   
5. Have a list of further  research questions for you and your partner.

 
Assessment
Review rubric in the packet.  Make sure you clearly understand!  Remember, the more specific and researched your bill is, the better it will be.
 
Authoring a Bill, Part 2
Review the different sections of the bill.  Look at example bills.  Notice…

1. Preamble is one LONG sentence!
   
2. HOW will you pay for the stuff in your bill?  Particularly if you are in the finance committee, remember, your goal is to REDUCE the national debt.  So if you are cutting revenue, where will you cut spending?  If you are increasing spending on anything, what will pay for that?  If you are in climate change, where will any increased revenue go?  If you want increased research, monitoring, or regulation, where will you get money to pay for it?

 
HOMEWORK:
Have all of the above things accomplished when you walk into class tomorrow (expert questions, preamble outlined, list of inclusions, list of research questions).  If you don’t have this done, you are behind!