Higher Politics: US Congress and Lawmaking

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Across
  1. 2. Failure to get action on policy proposals and legislation in Congress
  2. 5. A measure relating to the business of either house or expressing an opinion or a matter
  3. 7. A statement of position on an issue used by the House and Senate acting jointly
  4. 10. A device by which one or more senators can delay action on a bill or any other matter by debating it at length or by other obstructive actions
  5. 12. A grographic subdivision of a state represented by a member of the House of Representatives
  6. 13. The opposite of unified government
  7. 14. A permanent, policy specialist committee of Congress playing kep roles in both legislation and investigation
  8. 16. A term used to refer to funds provided for superfluous projects in a member of Congress's state or district
  9. 18. A rule that the chair of a congressional standing committee is the member of the majority party with the longest continuous service on that committee
Down
  1. 1. A Vote in the House or Senate in which the majority of one party votes against the majority of the other party
  2. 3. A proposal for action that has the force of law when passed
  3. 4. An agreement in either the House or the Senate, made without objection, to waive the chambers normal rules
  4. 6. How legislators work for their constituents
  5. 8. A proposed law or draft of a law
  6. 9. The collection of members of either major party elected to the House or Senate
  7. 11. A situation where members of one party regularly group together to oppose members of another party
  8. 15. Congressional review and investigation of the activities of the executive branch of government
  9. 17. A veto power exercised by the president at the end of a legislative session whereby bills not signed are lost