Form and Manner of Passage of Bills

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1. Article VI, Section 26(1) requires every bill passed by Congress to embrace how many subjects, expressed in what part o…
2. Absent the constitutional emergency-certification exception, a bill must pass how many readings and on what schedule?
3. Upon the last reading of a bill, which procedure does the Constitution require?
4. A House bill is confined to licensing fisheries. An amendment adds an entirely unrelated rule on judicial retirement be…
5. The President validly certifies that a bill must be enacted immediately to meet a public calamity. Both Houses retain t…
6. A revenue bill originates in the House and is passed there. After receiving it, the Senate proposes a comprehensive sub…
7. A relief bill is validly certified by the President for immediate enactment during a public emergency. At the final rea…
8. Explain the ordinary three-reading and final-copy requirements and the effect of a valid presidential certification of …
9. A sponsor proposes a substantive change during the last reading of a bill and asks that the final vote be secret. State…
10. A revenue bill originates in the House, but opponents insist that the Senate must accept it unchanged or reject it enti…
11. Under Article VI, Section 24, in which chamber must a bill authorizing an increase of public debt originate?
12. Absent valid emergency certification, how long before passage must final-form printed copies of a bill be distributed t…