University of Cebu-Banilad Library

Includes bibliographical references and glossary.

Contents: Constitutional background -- Brief history of congress -- Brief history of congress -- The legislature -- The senate -- The house of representatives -- The legislative process -- The beginning -- Elements of a bill -- Copy of a house bill -- Filing and the first reading -- Committee deliberation -- The second reading -- The third reading -- Transmittal of approved bill -- Bicameral conference -- The president's approval/veto power -- The drafting of bills -- What happens within the committee -- When the bill has complex impact -- The "Mona Lisa" fate -- Substitute bill and consolidated bill -- No-author-no-deliberation-rule -- Ideas and issues from citizens -- Subject of the bill -- Drafting and testing -- Choose and support the author -- Follow through -- Effective citizen's participation -- Effective advocacy -- No to rallies -- Another case in point -- Citizen's role -- Conclusion

Law Law

English