Key Terms: Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 6. committee not acting on a bill, in turn killing it
  2. 9. elected heads from both parties in the Senate; are assistant leaders who round out votes and keep track of voting
  3. 11. where congressional districts are redrawn and seats become redistributed for states in the house of representatives
  4. 12. meeting where local members can show support/preference of the candidates
  5. 13. group that pools contributions towards a candidate during elections
  6. 16. halting the debate and voting
  7. 18. government spending towards localized projects for a representative’s district
  8. 19. seeking to influence a political issue
  9. 20. aka supply/spending bill, authorizes government the ability to spend money
Down
  1. 1. change/amendment attachment to a bill that has no relation to its subject
  2. 2. written command telling a person to attend court
  3. 3. the majority party in a legislative body
  4. 4. political method where one or more members in a legislative body lengthen debate on certain proposed legislations in order to delay the decision
  5. 5. act of disobedience in court towards government, specifically towards the judicial branch
  6. 7. expression of opinion in house or senate to settle procedural matters in either body
  7. 8. condemnation, or to call certain actions wrong, because they differ from standards
  8. 10. indirect veto of a bill/law by not taking any action or signing it
  9. 14. exchanging favors, voting for something in return for another thing
  10. 15. currently in office and having a certain duty or job to do
  11. 17. the manipulation of certain boundaries (in an election standpoint) and rules to favor one party/group