Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000

Federal Courts Improvement Act 96 Stat. 25 (1982)

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, abo…

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000

Religious Freedom Restoration Act 107 Stat. 1488 (1993)

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

Legislative Process

Congress: Legislative Process

Each Congress proposes thousands of new laws, but only a small percentage win the approval of both chambers and the president. At every stage of the lawmaking process, these proposals are amended, modified, and refined. To become law, a measure must make it thro…