Unit 5 Crossword Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. a fundemental check and balance
  2. 5. a meeting of supporters/members of specefic party or movement
  3. 6. not a social worker but a worker of the government agency
  4. 9. an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline
  5. 13. a procedure for ending a debate
  6. 16. a type of legislation used in U.S. to authorize the activities of various agencies
  7. 17. ability to send mail by one's signature rather than by postage
  8. 18. a small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose.
  9. 22. the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body
  10. 23. an action term designed to prolong debate
  11. 24. not all amendments are allowed
  12. 25. any or all amendments are allowed
  13. 26. a bill that increase or decrease the total revenues
  14. 27. a system that gives preference to workers based on years of service
  15. 28. a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
  16. 29. the speaker of the U.S. house of representatives
  17. 30. a temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees
Down
  1. 2. a holder of an office or position
  2. 3. head of majority party in a legislative body
  3. 4. political manipulation of a electoral district boundaries
  4. 7. an act of setting apart something for its application to a particular usage
  5. 8. spokesperson for their party's position
  6. 10. generally used to make or amend rules that apply to both houses
  7. 11. permanent committees established under the standing rules of the Senate and specialize in the consideration of particular subject areas
  8. 12. the minimum numbers of members of a deliberative assembly
  9. 14. a meeting between representatives of different countries
  10. 15. a law that automatically terminates an agency/law/or government program
  11. 19. a legal restriction on something
  12. 20. a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor of consideration
  13. 21. the creation of electoral districts with divergent ratios of voters to representatives