Legislative branch

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Across
  1. 3. to argue about a subject or formal matter
  2. 5. the presidents right hand man, acting president
  3. 6. any number of actions taken by a senator to prevent a bill from coming to a final vote
  4. 9. two legislative chambers
  5. 10. specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility
  6. 12. in the absence of the vice president this person steps up, "pro tem"
  7. 16. committee that studies one specific issue and report their findings to the senate or house
  8. 18. chosen by majority party in congress, is a presiding officer
  9. 22. a motion by all members present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from calendar
  10. 23. when the president rejects a bill
  11. 26. a bill that appropriates federal funds to specific federal departments
  12. 27. the committee listens to testimony from experts on a bill's subject
  13. 28. the minimum number of members needed for official legislative action, requires 218 members
  14. 31. they stand, or continue, from one legislative session to the next
  15. 32. is two sessions,session begins when the chamber convenes and ends when it adjourns by congress
  16. 33. people who serve as assistant floor leaders in the house
  17. 34. closed meeting of the majority party to choose speaker of the house
  18. 35. every 10 years each state's population determines the number of representatives they have
  19. 36. members who were already in office, won reelection
Down
  1. 1. a temporary committee that is set up when house and senate have passed different versions of a bill
  2. 2. recommend that bill be adopted as is before sending it back to house or senate
  3. 4. a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government
  4. 7. on a bill, alerting their party leaders that if unanimous consent was sought, they would object
  5. 8. states redraw district lines after reapportionment
  6. 11. the speaker's (of the house) top assistant
  7. 13. gives one political party an electoral advantage from district boundaries
  8. 14. practice of approaching senators and representatives in the lobby of a capital building; direct contact
  9. 15. senator can end a filibuster by voting for this resolution and 60 senators must vote for the cloture
  10. 17. a vote of formal disapproval of a members actions
  11. 19. committee that helps direct the flow of major legislation, oldest and most powerful committee
  12. 20. calls public's attention to issues, like organized crime
  13. 21. line of order, speaker of house follows vice president in this line
  14. 24. paid representatives of interest groups
  15. 25. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses; often used to correct errors in earlier laws
  16. 29. a legislative proposal that is shown to the congress
  17. 30. person who authorizes another to act in their behalf as voter in a district