Civics
Across
- 3. a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee and usually without cooperation of the leadership
- 9. Joe Biden
- 13. a parliamentary procedure where debate is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal
- 15. a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature
- 18. a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end
- 19. members have their choice of committee assignments in order of rank based solely on length of service
- 20. a proceeding before a court or other decision-making body or officer
Down
- 1. term of congress
- 2. John Boehner
- 4. the highest officer of an organized group
- 5. leader the most powerful official within a political party
- 6. the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation
- 7. prejudice in favor of a particular cause; bias
- 8. a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts
- 10. the address presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress
- 11. a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office
- 12. leaders of their political parties in each of the houses of the legislature
- 14. the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government
- 16. the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body
- 17. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office