Final Exam Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. the larger house has these
  2. 6. is the process by which a U.S. congressional committee or state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation.
  3. 8. the house that starts with an s
  4. 9. rule;decide in a judge or court
  5. 10. How people think or feel about particular things.
  6. 16. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
  7. 17. amendment (1868) to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
  8. 19. preventive speech
  9. 20. an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals
  10. 21. body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body.
  11. 22. something coming into the eyes of congress for the first time
  12. 24. A petition used in the House of Representatives that starts a process to force a bill out of committee and to the House floor for a vote. A successful petition requires the signatures of 218 members, a majority of the House.
Down
  1. 1. a Parliamentary seat that at an election is sure to be held by the same party as held it before.
  2. 2. amendment (1913) to the U.S. Constitution that provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by the voters of the states
  3. 3. Committees that improve the organization of the Senate and House
  4. 4. (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
  5. 7. A senator may request __________ on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings.
  6. 11. Supreme Court case that forced the Tennessee legislature to reapportion itself on the basis of population. In the ______ case, however, the court held that each vote should carry equal weight regardless of the voter's place of residence. (what fills in the blank and who would that be vs?)
  7. 12. is the oldest committee of the United States Congress, and is the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives
  8. 13. is amongst the oldest standing committees in the House, having been first formally constituted on April 2, 1789.
  9. 14. he holding of an office or the period during which one is held
  10. 15. House on the State of the Union, more often referred to as the __________ is the House of Representatives operating as a committee on which every Member of the House serves.
  11. 18. A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers.
  12. 23. In legislatures, a _________ is used to determine if a quorum is present.