Audio explainer: the US legislature

As the US Senate returns from its summer recess, Barack Obama will be looking to key legislation passed before the midterm elections in November. Our interactive graphic explains the path that legislation takes from proposal to passage.

With arcane terms such as filibuster and cloture, the US legistlative process can be confusing. In this explainer, Anna Fifield looks at how a bill passes from committee to Congress and eventually into law.