Mock Congress Agenda AP U.S. Government and Politics Period 6 1/18/17 (Wednesday)

Mock Congress Agenda AP U.S. Government and Politics Period 6 1/18/17 (Wednesday)

1) Immigration Bill Proposals (After Flag Salute and Roll Call): Havana–Paul Ryan– Wisconsin (Speaker of the House of Representatives–Republican)-Call Congress to Session

Brooke – John Barrasso – Senator – Wyoming (Republican)

Magaly – Richard Shelby – Senator – Alabama (Republican)

Cindy – Mitch McConnell – Senator – Kentucky (Republican – Majority Leader)

Ariel – Martin Heinrich – Senator – New Mexico (Democrat)

Kristen– Tom Carper – Senator – Delaware (Democrat)

Alexis – Steve Scalise – HOR – Louisiana (Republican – Majority Whip)

Heidy – John Cornyn – Senator – Texas (Republican – Majority Whip)

Andrea – Lois Frankel – HOR – Florida (Democrat)

Marieann – Nancy Pelosi – HOR – California (Democrat – Minority Leader)

Luna – Jaime Beutler – HOR – Washington (Republican)

Briana – Richard Durbin – Senator – Illinois (Democrat – Minority Whip)

Breanna – Raul Labrador – HOR – Idaho (Republican)

Isabel – Kevin McCarthy – HOR – California (Republican – Majority Leader)

Aylin – John McCain – Senator – Arizona (Republican)

Yasmine – Charles Schumer – Senator – New York (Democrat – Minority Leader)

Julia – Steny Hoyer – HOR – Maryland (Democrat – Minority Whip)

Danni Rae – Cheri Bustos – HOR – Illinois (Democrat)

Alyssa – Lynn Jenkins – HOR – Kansas (Republican)

Cassandra – Lisa Murkowski – Senator – Alaska (Republican)

Hannah – Marco Rubio – Senator – Florida (Republican)

Havana – Paul Ryan – HOR – Wisconsin (Republican – Speaker of the House)

2) House and Senate Discussions to try to produce one citizenship / immigration bill in each chamber

3) Conference Committee Discussion between House & Senate Leaders to work out differences and produce one immigration / citizenship bill

4) Possibility of Bill Being Placed in Hopper before a formal vote; filibuster by individual Senators can occur to prevent; a vote of cloture in Senate (3/5 of Senators present) can prevent the filibuster

5) Formal verbal vote (“yay” or “nay”) occurs in both chambers of Congress; if it passes with a majority “yay” vote in both the HOR and the Senate, then the bill becomes a law pending the signature of President Barack Obama (note that if there is a tie in the Senate, Joe Biden breaks it)