legal terms - general
Across
- 1. procedure to stop filibuster. time limit can be placed on how long the Senate can debate a bill
- 3. when Congress watches over executive branch to make sure they are faithfully carrying out job
- 6. caucus of conservative Republican HR members
- 7. someone who represents a specific group (usually at political assembly)
- 10. when congressmen agree to support each other’s bills
- 11. law that includes several topics (usually has no relevance to each other)
- 12. depending on what the issue is, elected representatives will act as trustees or as delegates
- 14. politician who lost political influence due to electoral defeat or statutory limitation
- 16. a provision that is added to the bill, even if it does not have relevance to the bill
- 17. a strategy used to prevent the voting process of a bill by extending the debate
- 18. when money is appropriated for projects that will bring in money specifically to a representative's district
Down
- 2. programs that every citizen benefits from
- 4. when a senator tells their floor leader that they do not want a bill to be considered on the floor
- 5. can order someone to come to court and give evidence/statement
- 8. when district boundaries are rearranged so election results would come out different
- 9. caucus of Democrats who are moderates and fiscally responsible
- 13. when elected representatives do what they want, not the constituents (matters that is important to the politician or what is not important to the constituents)
- 15. when passing laws is difficult because they are not meeting the needs of the people