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2. districts where the election is close
6. the rule that debate could be cut off if ⅔ of the senators vote to a cloture motion
9. two chamber legislature
10. petition a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration
11. A one chamber legislature
13. Allows some amendments but not all
14. a call to find out if the necessary amount of members are present
22. made up of 435 elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total population.
23. a drawn out speech to delay action in congress
24. of both houses needed to override a veto

1. a rule in the senate used to end or limit debates
3. joint committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate
4. the upper house in congress
5. the name of the committee where tax bills are
7. rules under which bills will be presented to the House of Representatives, unlike other committees, which often deal with a specific area of policy.
8. v carr U.S. Supreme Court case that forced the Tennessee legislature to reapportion itself on the basis of population.
12. parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate
14. the minimum number of representatives used to conduct business
15. the voters represented by someone
16. process by which a U.S. congressional committee or state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation.
17. granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.
18. eliminates an opportunity to amend the bill on the floor
19. what congress can pass besides bills
20. an officail count of population
21. how a bill is introduced into the house of representitiives