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<span>The final step of getting a bill passed into law is the step at which it is passed onto the executive branch, or the president. This step occurs only after both the house and senate have approved said bill, and at this point the bill will either be passed into law, or it will be vetoed.</span>
<span>The Independent Democrats and many northern Whigs abandoned their affiliations for the new antislavery Republican party, leaving southern Whigs without party links and creating an issue over which the already deeply divided Democrats would split even more.</span>
