Congress & How a Bill Becomes Law
Across
- 4. a two chamber legislative body
- 7. every bill starts with one
- 9. the method by which a senator talks a bill to death do it will not pass
- 13. the number of votes needed to pass a bill
- 14. what happens to a bill when it is ignored in a committee
- 15. has 435 members
- 17. is the member of the committee that decides which bills get discussed or ignored
- 18. power is one that is written in the constitution
- 21. in when 60 members of the Senate vote to stop a fillibuster.
Down
- 1. when members of a congress vote by saying yes or no
- 2. when members of congress argue the pros and cons of a bill prior to a vote
- 3. committees are when both chambers of congress get together to pass a bill that is identical.
- 5. member of a political party that gets members to vote for a bill the party wants passed
- 6. of the house is the leader of the majority party in the house of representatives
- 8. the process by which a elected member of the government is charged with crime by the legislative branch
- 10. is something
- 11. powers are inferred(not written) via the necessary and proper clause of the US Constitution
- 12. has 100 members in it
- 16. the gender of most members of the congressional branch
- 19. committee determines how a new law is to be debate on prior to a vote in the house of representatives
- 20. is when the president says NO to a bill passed by congress