chapter 8 government vocab

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Across
  1. 3. the ability for members of Congress to send out mail for free without postage
  2. 4. a territorial division of a state from which a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected
  3. 5. election of an officeholder by the voters of an entire governmental unit
  4. 9. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle disagreements between the two branches of the legislature.
  5. 10. an official count of a country’s population
  6. 14. electoral district represented by a single officeholder.
  7. 15. Redrawing district boundaries to favor the political party
  8. 17. A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate
  9. 18. The practice of extending debate in the Senate, used to obstruct or delay legislation
  10. 21. the second-ranking members of each party's leadership
  11. 23. A veto taking place when congress adjourns within 10 days of having submitted a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it
  12. 25. allowed voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators
  13. 26. third-highest ranking individual in the majority party
  14. 28. Low travel fares, and often free fare to foreign nations on congressional inquires
  15. 29. a type of temporary joint committee that is set up when the House and Senate have each passed different versions of the same law
Down
  1. 1. The legislative leader elected by the party members building a majority of seats in the House of Representatives
  2. 2. a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
  3. 6. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
  4. 7. laws that limit the number of terms elected officials can serve
  5. 8. A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose
  6. 11. two-house, Congress
  7. 12. The member of the United States Senate, or of the upper house of a State's legislature, chosen to preside in the absence of the president of the Senate
  8. 13. legislatures redraw the boundaries of congressional districts
  9. 16. the elected presiding officer of the House and the leader of its majority party
  10. 19. a proposed law that requires the approval of both houses of congress and the signature of the president in order to become a law.
  11. 20. allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators
  12. 22. the member of congress responsible for running a committee, who can have great influence over the committee agenda and, by extension, the legislative process
  13. 24. The legislative leader elected by the party members holding the majority of seats in the House of Representatives
  14. 27. to reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials
  15. 30. meeting or grouping of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.