Govt Crossword
Across
- 3. A loosely defined term for action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other debatable question.
- 6. Authorizes Congress to employ any means that are appropriate and plainly adapted to the permitted end.
- 12. A qualification which is subsidised by the Department of Education.
- 14. The amount of senators.
- 15. A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees.
- 17. A person who is represented politically by a designated government official or officeholder.
- 18. Allows for direct votes for senators.
Down
- 1. Established by Senate for investigation or study.
- 2. A procedure meant to bring a debate to a quick end.
- 4. Legislation introduced in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, but unlike bills they may be limited in effect to the Congress or one of its chambers.
- 5. A meeting or grouping of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.
- 7. A means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution.
- 8. The minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group.
- 9. The limit of people in Congress allowed at any given time.
- 10. Permanent committees established under the standing rules of the Senate and specialize in the consideration of particular subject areas.
- 11. Maximum time someone can be a senator
- 13. Leads the Senate
- 16. A nongermane amendment to a bill or an amendment to an appropriation bill that changes the permanent law governing a program funded by the bill.