Congress
Across
- 3. the president's constitutional power to turn down acts of Congress
- 6. holding the political office for which one is running
- 9. 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
- 11. a rule or process in a legislative body aimed at ending debate on a given bill
- 12. the process, occurring after every decennial census, that allocates congressional seats among the 50 states
- 16. the formal charge by the House of Representatives that a government official has committed "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors"
- 18. a vote in which each legislator's yes or no vote is recorded as the clerk calls the names of the members alphabetically
- 19. a provision by the House Rules Committee that permits floor debate and the addition of new amendments to a bill
- 22. the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives; this happens every 10 years to reflect shifts in popu_lation or in response to legal challenges to existing districts
- 24. 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
- 25. the effort by Congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies
- 26. having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses, distinguished from unicameral
Down
- 1. a provision by the House Rules Committee limiting or prohibiting the introduction of amendments during debate
- 2. the amounts of money approved by Congress in statutes (bills) that each unit or agency of government can spend
- 4. a representative who votes based on what they think is best for their constituency
- 5. the ranking given to an individual on the basis of length of continuous service on a committee in Congress
- 7. the residents in the area from which an official is elected
- 8. a gathering of House Republicans every two years to elect their House leaders; Democrats call their gathering the "caucus"
- 10. a party member in the House or Senate responsible for coordinating the party's legislative strategy, building support for key issues, and counting votes
- 13. the deep ideological distance between the two parties
- 14. the chief presiding officer of the House of Representatives
- 15. a proposed law that has been sponsored by a member of Congress and submitted to the clerk of the House or Senate
- 17. the session in which a congressional committee rewrites legislation to incorporate changes discussed during hearings on a bill
- 20. 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. the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party
- 23. a representative who votes according to the preferences of their constituency