Congressional Leadership Name: President signs or vetoes the bill A. Legislative Connection. The basic steps of how a bill becomes a law are listed in the box. Use what you learned in the reading to think about how and when three leaders affect a bill. Write your answers in the space below. 1. The (leader) affects the bill How a Bill Becomes a Law when it 1. Bill Is Introduced because 2. Bill goes to committee I 3. Congress debates the bill 2. The (leader) affects the bill and votes when it 4. President signs or vetoes because the bill 3. The (leader) affects the bill when it because