A bill becomes a law

When a Senator or a Representative introduces a bill, he or she sends it to the clerk of his or her house, who gives it a number and title. This is the first reading, and the bill is referred to the proper committee. The committee may decide the bill is unwise or unnecessary and table it, then killing it at once. Or it may decide the bill is worthwhile and hold hearings to listen to …

…the other house for a vote, the President's veto is overridden, and the bill becomes a law. Should the e President desire neither to sign nor to veto the bill, he may retain it for ten days, Sundays excepted, and after which time it automatically becomes a law without signature. However, if congress has adjourned within those ten days, the bill is automatically killed, that process of indirect rejection being known as a pocket veto.