A student is writing about how a bill becomes a law in the United States. The student's draft includes these sentences:
"Bills are important. The government has many buildings. Laws can affect people's lives."
Which additional sentence would best develop the topic with accurate, relevant process details?
- After a bill is introduced, it is usually sent to a committee where members can hold hearings, debate it, and suggest changes before it may be voted on. (correct answer)
- Once a bill has been introduced, members often argue about its wording for a long time because the language can seem complicated and confusing to many readers who try to follow it.
- After a bill is proposed, lawmakers sometimes gather in the Capitol building, which has a large dome that many visiting tourists like to photograph during their trips each year.
- After a bill is introduced, it usually becomes a law right away, as soon as a single lawmaker suggests the idea, even if no other members ever debate or vote on it.
Explanation: The draft never explains any real step in how a bill becomes a law. The best sentence adds genuine process details: after a bill is introduced, it goes to a committee for hearings, debate, and possible changes before a vote. That traces actual steps a bill moves through. The sentence about members arguing over confusing wording focuses on a complaint about language, not on the steps of the process, so it does not develop how a bill actually advances. The sentence about lawmakers gathering in the Capitol drifts into describing the building and tourists photographing the dome, which is off-topic and adds no process information. The sentence claiming a bill becomes a law right away, as soon as one lawmaker suggests it and without any vote, is factually wrong—bills must be voted on—so it would mislead readers about the process. Only the choice describing committee review, hearings, debate, and voting gives accurate, relevant steps that develop the topic.