All bills must wait on the Calendar for three days before they
can be considered.   1. A bill is given a marker each day to
designate how long it has been on the calendar:     1. Day 1:
Under "Favorable Reports" with its calendar number and file
number       Day 2: Calendar number and file number and one X
Day 3: Calendar number and file number and two Xs   1. While the
bills are waiting on the calendar, legislators plan out a clear
argument for the upcoming debate, whether to tout a bill's
merits or criticize its faults. You start to see the Democrats
and Republicans meeting to decide which issues their party will
support as a group that session. In the House, a screening
committee made up of three or four members from each party
screens the bills and reports to party leaders any
recommendations to amend the bill or a simple rejection. In the
Senate, this screening committee process is a little less
formal.   1. On the third day, the bill is ready for debate. The
clerk reads the bill aloud (third readi