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Across
  1. 3. unpopular amendments to bills that are sure to pass
  2. 5. where bills regarding taxes and spending are sent
  3. 6. used for ending debates or to prevent filibustering
  4. 9. when committees make amendments to a bill before passing it
  5. 10. permits amendments on the floor
  6. 13. when a person stalls by talking for a very long time extending a debate
  7. 14. the 3rd step to passing a bill or law in congress
  8. 15. prevents a committee killing a bill by holding it for too long
  9. 16. if congress adjourns during the ten days a president has a bill and he doesnt sign
  10. 19. the first step to ratifying a bill or law
  11. 20. the group of people a senator represents
  12. 21. upper chamber of congress
  13. 22. lower chamber of congress
  14. 23. used for preventing a bill from reaching the floor for a vote
  15. 24. a request made by a senator to put the debate straight to a vote
  16. 25. the committee that makes the rules for debate in the house
Down
  1. 1. when two houses pass different versions of the same bill and they come together to amend it
  2. 2. bills directing how money is spent
  3. 4. a roll call used in either house of congress to stall
  4. 6. a committee in congress that handles a specific duty
  5. 7. the houses schedule of debates on bills
  6. 8. the second step to ratifying a bill or law
  7. 11. the amendment that gave the people the right to vote for their senators
  8. 12. where only 100 members of the house need to be present to conduct business
  9. 17. the holding of office
  10. 18. a two-chambered/branched body of legislature