What is a Civil Bill?

If you wanted a bill to become a law--voting age to be lowered to 16, what visual model would you use? CAKE..?

• A cake with ingredients or a pizza with pepperoni? The bill needs at least 7 of the 9 steps in the legislative process. Does anyone have some ideas of a creative ANALOGY between process and something else???? ?? What should the visual model be...a cake??? and specifically with what??? These are the 9 steps in the legislative process--in order to lower the voting age: 1) First my bill will be introduced by California U.S. House member, Susan Davis, from the 53rd district. 2) After sending an email to Susan Davis, she will write an amendment to the constitution, since the 26th amendment sets the voting age at 18 and introduce it. 3) The bill is given to a subcommittee for review by all 425 house of representatives, and debate/opinions are given by the president, experts, politicians and opponents. 4) The bill will be voted out of committee and onto debate on the floor of the House in order to be considered, changed, or altered. 5) The bill must be passed by the House 6) The bill must be passed by the Senate 7) My bill must pass through the conference committee, to ratify any differences and changes between the House and Senate versions. 8) The president must sign my bill 9) The 2/3 of the state legislatures must vote to ratify the Amendment. So any ideas for visually??? 10 points best answer!!

• Answer:

  How about a garden? 1. This could be a garden plan, with the harvest undetermined. 2. After YOU send an email to Susan Davis, which could be depicted as seeds and starter plants. 3. The subcommittee (there are 435 members in the House of Representatives) could examine the garden plot to see if it is suitable for the plants proposed. Their examination (meetings, debates, etc.) could be the soil preparation. 4. Now they plant the seeds and starters. The House will do the planting. 5. The House will tend the rows by watering, weeding, removing bugs, etc. 6. The Senate will continue tending the garden. 7. Conference Committee will examine the garden for its potential, considering options for marketing after the harvest. 8. Now it is harvest time, and the President will assist. 9. Off to market! All the states will have outlets if they so desire, but the garden will be a huge success if only enough states accept the crop. "Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this garden grow...."