Mock Congress

In class, we have a mock congress.  I am the speaker of the house, so I sit at the front of the classroom, take roll, and call the names for the roll call votes.  I allow people to speak, and I act as the Speaker of the House would act if the President and the Vice President were not present at a meeting of Congress.  Each day, a bill is proposed and explained by the sponsor of that bill.  We allow questions to be asked, and we allow statements both for and against the bill.  We also allow the bill's sponsor to defend his/her bill against anything that has been said.  Once a motion to vote is made and seconded, the bill is voted on.  If a majority of our Congress votes supporting the bill, the bill is passed and will go to mock Senate.

I think that the bill that allows gay men and women to serve openly in the military has the greatest chance to pass through both the Congress and the Senate.  The bill has already passed the Congress, and it will soon travel to the Senate to be voted on again.  I think that this bill has the greatest chance of passing because our generation is more open to people of different sexualities, and the bill is well written, and covers nearly everything that needs to be known about the bill.