Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 3. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
  2. 5. a 2 chamber legislature
  3. 8. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  4. 9. a committee composed of some members of a larger committee
  5. 12. the minimum number of membbers who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action
  6. 14. a procedure that allows each senate to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
  7. 15. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
  8. 22. a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calendar
  9. 23. direct contact made by lobbyists to persuade government officials the policies their interest group favors
  10. 25. modify formally
  11. 27. a draft of aproposed law presented to parliament for discussion
  12. 28. the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as President of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President
  13. 29. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  14. 31. a permanent committee that meets regulary
  15. 33. congressional meeting
  16. 34. rejection of a bill by the president
  17. 35. a small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose
  18. 36. is the presiding officer
Down
  1. 1. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
  2. 2. a vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions
  3. 4. a draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  4. 6. performs most legislative activity
  5. 7. "traffic officer"
  6. 10. a closed meeting
  7. 11. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
  8. 13. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
  9. 16. a temporary panel composed of House and Senate conferees
  10. 17. argue about a subject
  11. 18. a proposed law to authorize spending money
  12. 19. motions placed on a bill in the Senate that alert party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
  13. 20. groups of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy
  14. 21. the Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's legislative program and steer important bills through the House
  15. 24. to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
  16. 26. an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature
  17. 30. elected official who is already in office
  18. 32. the Constitution names the _______ as the Senates president