Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 3. the House's presiding officer
  2. 4. a motion by all members present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calendar
  3. 8. argue about a subject in a formal manner
  4. 12. Members of Congress are assigned to committees to investigate the merits and problems with suggested bills
  5. 16. a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion
  6. 17. to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
  7. 18. rejection of a bill by the president
  8. 20. elected official who is already in office
  9. 22. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
  10. 24. signal to the leaders that there is not yet agreement
  11. 26. any number of actions taken by a senator or group of senators to prevent a bill from coming to a final vote
  12. 27. specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
  13. 29. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
  14. 30. inheriting a position
  15. 31. a series of meetings in congress
Down
  1. 1. a temporary committee that is set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of a bill
  2. 2. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
  3. 3. permanent groups to oversee bills that dealt with certain kinds of issues
  4. 5. the Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
  5. 6. The assistant majority leader and assistant minority leader of the United States Senate
  6. 7. to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
  7. 9. a proposed law to authorize spending money
  8. 10. a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy
  9. 11. to make direct contact by lobbyists to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest groups favor
  10. 13. study one specific issue and report their findings to the Senate or the House
  11. 14. a two-chamber legislature
  12. 15. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
  13. 19. to change, alter
  14. 21. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
  15. 23. any number of actions taken by a senator or group of senators to prevent a bill from coming to a final vote
  16. 25. an event held before an election at which members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, at which they will also vote to nominate a candidate; a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
  17. 28. a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions