Congress Vocabulary War
Across
- 4. Rules Committee A powerful committee in the House of Representatives that creates a rule for each bill to be debated on the floor
- 7. a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts
- 8. Barrel the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislatures and win votes
- 9. the holder of an office or post
- 10. serves as the parliamentary head of a committee, sets agenda and other duties
- 12. includes the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation
- 14. the head of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the US Senate or House of Representatives.
- 16. a small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose
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- 1. permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules
- 2. a committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill
- 3. The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, a person that holds one of the highest positions in Congress
- 5. an act in an obstructive manner in a legislature, especially by speaking at inordinate length
- 6. the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersons to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest
- 11. Legislature A legislature with two houses or chambers
- 13. Work Work done by a social worker to help fix a problem of a person or family
- 15. is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature
- 17. a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy