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Across
  1. 4. a procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business
  2. 8. a congressional process by which a speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting
  3. 21. the legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the house of the senate
  4. 22. a congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "yea" or "nay" when their name gets called
  5. 24. the legislative leader elected by party members holding the majority of seats in the house or the Senate
  6. 26. a law making body made of two chambers or parts
  7. 28. permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responisble for legislation within a certain subject area
  8. 29. a senator or representatives who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking
  9. 30. a congressional voting procedure in which members shout "yea" or "nay" permitting votes to be quick and anonymous
  10. 32. an expression of opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the house and the Senate but not the president
  11. 33. congressional committees appointed for a limited time a purpose
  12. 34. a device which any member of the house, after a committee has had the bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought out the floor
  13. 35. a congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees
Down
  1. 1. districts in which incumbents win by margins of 55 percent of more
  2. 2. political districts in which candidates elected to the HOR win in close elections, typically by less then 55 percent of the vote
  3. 3. an association of Congress members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest
  4. 5. legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return
  5. 6. a rule used by the Senate to end or limit debate
  6. 7. a congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, the "yeas" are first and the "nays" are second
  7. 9. the ability of members to mail l;letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their facsimile signature for postage
  8. 10. an alliance between republican and conservative democrats
  9. 11. committees a joint committee appointed to resolve differences in the Senate and house versions of the same bill
  10. 12. a roll call in either house of Congress to see whether the minimum number of representative required to conduct business is present
  11. 13. the minimum number of members who muct be present for business to be conducted in congress
  12. 14. a legislative bill that deals with matters of general concern
  13. 15. committees on which both senators and representatives serve
  14. 16. a formal expression of congressional opinion that must be approved by both houses of Congress and by the president; constitutional amendments need not be signed by the president
  15. 17. an attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the senate from taking action to the bill
  16. 18. an expression of opinion either in the house or Senate to settle procedural matters in either house
  17. 19. an order from the house rules committee that sets a time limit on debate; forbuids a bill from being amended on the floor
  18. 20. a vote in which a majority of democratic legislators oppose a majority of republican legislators
  19. 23. an order from the house rules committee that permits certain kinda of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the floor
  20. 25. an order for the house rules committee that permits certain kinda of amendments but not others to be made into a bill of the floor
  21. 27. a congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted
  22. 31. a legislative bill that deals only with specific, private, personal, or local matters