Congress Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. _____ barrel spending: how legislators "bring home the bacon" with $ for their district
  2. 5. a way the president can check Congress
  3. 6. a proposed law
  4. 9. the House of Representatives and the Senate together are known as this
  5. 12. the candidate who already holds the seat
  6. 13. _____ of the House, currently Nancy Pelosi
  7. 15. majority and minority ______s enforce party discipline
  8. 16. can be invoked to limit debate time in the Senate
  9. 17. Virginia's Senator (1st name Mark)
  10. 18. a way the House can check the president
  11. 19. redrawing boundary lines for House districts within a state
Down
  1. 1. a committee for reconciling House and Senate versions of a bill
  2. 3. a person who represents a company, labor union, or interest group and tries to influence Congress members to support the group's policies
  3. 4. a long speech in the Senate for the purpose of stalling
  4. 7. Virginia's Senator (1st name Tim)
  5. 8. a population count
  6. 9. who an elected official represents
  7. 10. reallotting the 435 House seats between the states after a census
  8. 11. drawing a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  9. 14. a political fundrasing organization