chapter 12

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Across
  1. 5. a provision by the House Rules Committee that permits floor debate and the addition of new amendments to a bill
  2. 6. the elected leader of the minority party in the House or Senate
  3. 7. a proposed law that has been sponsored by a member of Congress and submitted to the clerk of the House or Senate
  4. 9. the chief presiding officer of the House of Representatives
  5. 16. a roll-call vote in the House or Senate in which at least 50 percent of the members of one party take a particular position and are opposed by at least 50 percent of the members of the other party
  6. 19. the elected leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives or in the Senate
  7. 23. the residents in the area from which an official is elected
  8. 24. a normally closed political party business meeting of citizens or lawmakers to select candidates, elect officers, plan strategy, or make decisions regarding legislative matters
  9. 25. a party member in the House or Senate responsible for coordinating the party’s legislative strategy, building support for key issues, and counting votes
  10. 27. joint committees created to work out a compromise on House and Senate versions of a piece of legislation seniority the ranking given to an individual on the basis of length of continuous service on a committee in Congress
  11. 29. the formal charge by the House of Representatives that a government official has committed “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”
  12. 30. an agreement, made between the president and another country, that has the force of a treaty but does not require the Senate’s “advice and consent”
  13. 32. the effort by Congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies
  14. 33. a rule or process in a legislative body aimed at ending debate on a given bill
  15. 34. a presidential veto that is automatically triggered if the president does not act on a given piece of legislation passed during the final 10 days of a legislative session
  16. 35. a permanent committee with the power to propose and write legislation that covers a particular subject, such as finance or agriculture
  17. 37. representative is held accountable to a constituency if he or she fails to represent that constituency properly;
Down
  1. 1. having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses
  2. 2. a bill that deals with a number of unrelated topics
  3. 3. the session in which a congressional committee rewrites legislation to incorporate changes discussed during hearings on a bill
  4. 4. a representative who votes according to the preferences of his or her constituency
  5. 8. legislative committees formed of members of both the House and Senate
  6. 10. the process occurring after every decennial census, redistricting the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives
  7. 11. a representative who votes based on what he or she thinks is best for his or her constituency
  8. 12. the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party
  9. 13. a provision by the House Rules Committee limiting or prohibiting the introduction of amendments during debate
  10. 14. vote a vote in which each legislator’s yes or no vote is recorded as the clerk calls the names of the members alphabetically
  11. 15. legislative support agencies responsible for policy analysis
  12. 17. the practice of referring a bill to more than one committee for consideration
  13. 18. representatives have the same racial, gender, ethnic, religious, or educational backgrounds as their constituents;
  14. 20. the president’s constitutional power to turn down acts of Congress
  15. 21. temporary legislative committees set up to highlight or investigate a particular issue or address an issue not within the jurisdiction of existing committees
  16. 22. a tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose by continuously holding the floor and speaking until the majority backs down
  17. 26. holding the political office for which one is running
  18. 28. (congressional) associations of members of Congress based on party, interest, or social group, such as gender or race
  19. 31. the amounts of money approved by Congress in statutes (bills) that each unit or agency of government can spend
  20. 34. appropriations made by legislative bodies for local projects that are often not needed but that are created so that local representatives can win re-election in their home districts
  21. 36. a gathering of House Republicans every two years to elect their House leaders