Thesis Essay on Law Making Process

Even though the law making process is designed for congress to revise and amend new bills, the outcome of the process affects the bills in an unjust manner. The bills can be amended as much as possible to benefit the members voting in favor. If a member of congress doesn’t agree with the bill, he can add an amendment to benefit him and it can be completely unrelated to the bill. Debates are solely fought on the name of the bill itself and not the content or the revisions in a bill. The outcome is ridiculous and isn’t even recognizable to the first proposed bill. The first major issue with our government’s law making process is committee. When a bill is introduced it is sent to a committee. The committee will revise it so it’s ready for debate, but committee can also never get around to some bills which quietly kill them before they can even be debated. Imagine important bills that were never even taken into consideration! Committee is responsible for either amending your bill or quietly killing it. If you’re lucky, the proposed bill will go to congress for debate, but don’t worry; your luck will soon change. The bill is not immediately voted on by congress! Before either house votes, it can be amended by congress first. The idea is that congress will fix any errors or potential issues in the bill; wrong! Many senators need support to pass a bill and in order to do that they can amend the bill so that it appeals to other members in congress. An example would be a senator from Texas amending the bill so that the state of Texas receives 100,000 dollars. The bill could be titled Utah Flooding Financial Aid, yet the Senator from Texas can amend it so he gets a good deal too. The amendment may have nothing to do with the bill at all and that would be ok. Imagine the final outcome of a bill with all the unrelated amendments added on to benefit other senators. It is taking advantage of the law making process. Now imagine your bill has gone through the