AP Government Unit 5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. 2 chambers; Congress has the Senate and the House of Representatives
  2. 7. The exchange of pol. favors for support of a bill
  3. 8. A lengthy speech designed to delay or kill the vote on a bill; used only in the Senate
  4. 9. Committee made up of members of both house of Congress-housekeeping issues decided
  5. 11. rule Prevents filibustering (16 signatures) and ends debate in the Senate, by a 3/5s vote of the Senate
  6. 13. Drawing of congressional districts to favor one pol. party/group over another
  7. 14. A temporary committee to work out a compromise version of a bill that has passed the House of Representatives &Senate in diff. forms
Down
  1. 1. Assistance given to constituents by congressional members, answering questions/doing favors
  2. 2. service Casework, assistance to constituents by congressional members
  3. 4. people within a district or state-government official represents them.
  4. 5. Redistribution of the congressional seats among the states after the census determines changes in population distribution
  5. 6. Rewrite of a bill after hearings have been held on it (happens in sub-committee)
  6. 10. Legislation giving benefits to constituents through sometimes unnecessary of unwise projects within a state or district, to enhance a member's chance of reelection
  7. 12. A revision/change to a bill, law, or constitution
  8. 15. An addition of amendment added to a bill that often has no relation to the bill but that may not pass on its own merits