AP Gov & Econ - Mya Wallace
Across
- 6. someone who represents a group of voters
- 7. the house that has always elected by the people
- 8. a count of who is present
- 9. how long someone can be in office
- 12. used to stall a bill or to take attendance of who is there
- 15. what legally gave african americans equal rights
- 16. when everyone from the house or senate is gathered and they talk about matters
- 19. the case that made the courts start hearing redistricting cases
- 21. a petition to get a bill past a committee that did not like it
- 22. districts where someone is elected with more than a 55% majority
- 23. a committee made up of members of the house and the senate
- 24. a type of government that has two parts
Down
- 1. when everyone agrees on a matter that was proposed
- 2. a committee in congress that specializes in a category of bill
- 3. the higher house
- 4. when the president does not want to sign a bill they can do this to it
- 5. when someone is reelected with less than a 55% majority
- 7. the committee that decides the rules for a presented bill
- 10. the first people to see the bill
- 11. forced the senate to use a new election process
- 13. something a senator can do when they do not want a bill to reach the floor
- 14. when one of the houses discusses amendments to a bill
- 17. the name of the committee that write the taxes
- 18. the name of the collective legislative government
- 20. the action used to stop a bill from passing