Federal State 1. You write your federal representative or senator about your idea. 1. You write your state legislator about your idea. 2. 2. 3. 4. 3. Committees debate and edit the bill. 5. The bill goes to the House for action. 4. 6. 5. The state Senate approves the bill. 7. 6.

There is not an only path in the process of turning an idea into a law at federal and state levels of government, however, the most common path is exemplified as follows:

1. You write your state or federal senator about your idea.

2.The Creation of a Bill. Members of the House or Senate draft, sponsor and introduce bills for consideration by Congress.

3. Introduction of Legislation  - A Member of Congress can submit a bill for introduction at any time during a Chamber's daily session.

4. Committee Action - The bill is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of the House or the presiding officer in the Senate

5. Floor Action - The bill goes to the House for action.

6. Resolving Differences Between the House and Senate Versions

7.  Presidential Action. ...

8. The Creation of a Law

- "bill clinton ( the 42nd u.s. president, served in office from by low unemployment, declining crime rates and a budget surplus. during clinton's second term, the u.s. economy was healthy, unemployment was low and the nation experienced a major technology boom and the rise of the internet."