A US Senator is sponsoring a bill to protect an endangered species of turtle. The bill has been narrowly approved by the Senate. A similar bill has been approved by the House of Representatives by a greater margin than the Senate bill.
What is the next step that will lead to one version of the two bills being signed into law?
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The House bill will become law, because it won a higher percentage of votes than the Senate bill.
Both bills will go to the president, who will choose the one he or she thinks is better and sign that one into law.
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The Senate bill will become law, because the Senate is the more powerful of the two congressional chambers.
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The Senate bill and the House bill will go to a joint committee of lawmakers, who will work out a compromise bill.