Congress & How a Bill Becomes Law

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