Congressional Powers

1. rule that permits floor debate and the addition of amendments to the bill
4. a bill dealing with individual people or places
7. a resolution that covers matters requiring the action of the House and Senate but on which a law is not needed
9. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
12. part of a funding bill that will go toward a certain purpose
13. rule that forbids members of Congress to offer amendments to a bill from the floor
15. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
18. a bill that sets up a federal program and specifies how much money may be appropriated for the program

2. a provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill
3. a proposed law to authorize spending money
5. to change, alter
6. a required government expenditure that continues from one year to the next
8. the money that people and businesses pay to support the activities of the government
10. a bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation
11. approval of government spending
14. when a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it
16. rejection of a bill by the president
17. a statement adopted to cover matters affecting only one house of Congress