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1. Ukraine is seeking to become a country ruled by law.
2. Senators may debate a proposition for weeks or even
months.
3. House discussions rarely last more than one day.
4. As in the House of Representative, any member of the
Senate may introduce a legislative proposal.
5. Legislative business takes the largest share of the Senate’s
time.
6. The Senate brings bills to the floor by unanimous approval.
7. The Speaker of the House may place time limits on
committees.
8. Subcommittees report their results to the full committee.
9. If the House and Senate enact the same bill then it is sent
to the President.
10. Bills may be referred to more than one committee
and it may be divided so that parts are sent to different committees.

Task 9. Match the definitions of the following words.
1.Senate a) a form or a draft of a proposed statute presented to a
legislature, but not yet enacted or
passed and made a law.
2. the House of Representative, b) a member of the U.S. House of
Representatives or of the lower house of a state legislature.
3. Speaker c) a member of a Senate.
4. Senator d) the presiding officer of a
legislative assembly.
5. Representative e) the national legislative body of the
United States, consisting of the
Senate and the House of
Representatives.
6. Bill f.) the upper house of the U.S.
Congress, to which two members are
elected from each state by popular
vote for a six-year term.
7. Congress g) the lower house of the U.S. Congress and of most state
legislatures.
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