Some seemingly unbiased information on the process that i pulled from RGP..
Schmedley wrote:
"This bill is a combination of two bills reported out of committee, whichpurport to "Update the Wire Act" to prohibit internet gambling, restrictthe flow of deposits, and provide tools to implement its provisions.
It is being voted on by the full House today and will pass with something like 270 votes.
In many cases, there is a companion bill in the Senate that is acted on at about the same time, then a conference is held to coordinate the two versions. Here, there is no Senate bill being considered, so once it passes the House it goes to the Senate and the whole committee process starts over.
Depending on whether there is any pressure to move the thing in the Senate,it may or may not come to a vote this year. The best guess is that it staysat the bottom of the pile and does not come to the floor. The Senate willgo out of session sometime in late September and that will be it. Once Congress ends for the year, the bill dies and Goodlatte and company have to start over next year.
And prior to that letsgohawks wrote on the process of passing a law:
"When a senator or a representative introduces a bill, he or she sends
it to the clerk of his house, who gives it a number and title. This is
the first reading, and the bill is referred to the proper committee.
The committee may decide the bill is unwise or unnecessary and table
it, thus killing it at once. Or it may decide the bill is worthwhile
and hold hearings to listen to facts and opinions presented by experts
and other interested persons. After members of the committee have
debated the bill and perhaps offered amendments, a vote is taken; and
if the vote is favorable, the bill is sent back to the floor of the
house.
The clerk reads the bill sentence by sentence to the house, and this is
known as the second reading. Members may then debate the bill and offer
amendments. In the House of Representatives, the time for debate is
limited by a cloture rule, but there is no such restriction in the
Senate for cloture, where 60 votes are required. This makes possible a
filibuster, in which one or more opponents hold the floor to defeat the
bill.
The third reading is by title only, and the bill is put to a vote,
which may be by voice or roll call, depending on the circumstances and
parliamentary rules. A member who must be absent at the time of a vote
may contract (or "pair") with a member of the opposition to
abstain, balancing each other out.
The bill then goes to the other house of Congress, where it may be
defeated, or passed with or without amendments. If the bill is
defeated, it dies. If it is passed with amendments, a joint
congressional committee must be appointed by both houses to iron out
the differences.
After its final passage by both houses, the bill is sent to the
president. If he approves, he signs it, and the bill becomes a law.
However, if he disapproves, he vetoes the bill by refusing to sign it
and sending it back to the house of origin with his reasons for the
veto. The objections are read and debated, and a roll-call vote is
taken. If the bill receives less than a two-thirds vote, it is defeated
and goes no further. But if it receives a two-thirds vote or greater,
it is sent to the other house for a vote. If that house also passes it
by a two-thirds vote, the president's veto is overridden, and the bill
becomes a law.
Should the president desire neither to sign nor to veto the bill, he
may retain it for ten days, Sundays excepted, after which time it
automatically becomes a law without signature. However, if Congress has
adjourned within those ten days, the bill is automatically killed, that
process of indirect rejection being known as a pocket veto"
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