key congressional terms
Across
- 3. Money given to the states by Congress with regulations (or strings attached, e.g., minimum wage and speed limits
- 7. Way to stop a filibuster (3/5th vote from Senators limits debate to 60 minutes)
- 8. Works out a compromise between similar but not identical House and Senate bills
- 9. The person already holding an elected office
- 10. Trying to kill a bill with unending debate
- 11. Drawing district boundaries to gain advantages in elections
Down
- 1. two house
- 2. Government powers expressly listed in the Constitution (Art. I, § 8 - power to tax, establish post offices, etc.)
- 4. Powers not specifically given in the Constitution (e.g., Elastic Clause - power of Congress to create a National Bank)
- 5. Group of Congressional representatives from both chambers that work together on issues of mutual concern/interest.
- 6. The process by which seats in the House of Representatives are distributed among the fifty states based on population differences