How a bill becomes a law

Every bill starts off as an idea. Let's say that Mr. Scheme wants all garbage to be collected by atleast 8 pm in his neighborhood. He writes a letter to his Congressman, Mr. Done, about this idea. The idea gets written into a bill that will be placed in a box called the hopper, with other bills so that they can all be read to the memebers of the House of Representatives. The bill is assigned a number and is then sent to a committee that specializes in the area that it is intended to affect. That committee looks it over and can change things in the bill. They also argue over whether those changes are neccessary, so a bill can be changed repeatedly and still go back to being the same as before the changes.
The next step is when the committee agrees that the bill can go on or they can say that it isn't nessecary and stop it at the previous step. If the committee agrees that it is ready, the bill is sent out with a report and is given a date on one of the house calendars. On that date, it is sent to the house floor where it goes through a similar process as before but faster. It is read once and debated over. It is read a second time and changes are made to it. After the third reading, the members of the house vote on the bill. The bill is sent to the Senate if a majority of the house vote to pass it.
In the Senate, it goes through a similar process as it did in the house. This is to ensure that a law is made democratically. The bill gets looked over, it may have changes made in a special committee and then voted on. If it passes, it is sent to a conference committee to compare the changes made by both houses. If everyone agrees, as in majority rules, the bill is sent to the president to be signed. He can sign it and make it into a law, veto it or take no action and leave the decision up to congress. If the bill is vetoed by the president, it can be sent back to do the entire process again but if enough members of congress disagree with the veto then the bill is taken to override. If both houses can get two-thirds of it's members to vote to override the president, the bill becomes a law. On the other hand, if the president signs the bill, it becomes a law.
You don't believe me? Check it out for yourself.
http://clerkkids.house.gov/laws/bill_begin.html