Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 2. seeking to influence a political issue
  2. 5. - small group assigned to a small specific topic
  3. 8. offense of willfully telling a lie in court after taking the oath to not lie
  4. 11. to put a person in an official appointment a second time or again
  5. 16. veto- indirect veto of a bill by not signing it or doing anything to it
  6. 17. a forced/compulsory payment to the state and nation government based on multiple things
  7. 19. Large marsupial
  8. 23. committee not acting on a bill and basically killing it , called pigeonholing
  9. 28. Committees - a committee where it controls things which have joint interest between senate and house
  10. 30. stopping a debate and taking the vote
  11. 31. elected heads in the Senate by both parties, that serve as assistant leaders responsible for rounding up votes and keeping track of voting and counting
  12. 32. resolution- offer condolences to family of deceased member of congress
  13. 33. budget- total government planning budget for the year
  14. 35. currently holding office and having a duty to fulfill
  15. 38. Committees - conduct investigations on a specific topic
  16. 39. multiple lists of measures and motions eligible for consideration
  17. 40. Likes to chase mice
  18. 41. Has a trunk
  19. 42. manipulation of boundaries and rules to give one party or group preference
  20. 44. veto- legislative branch invalidates a bill or proposed action/law
Down
  1. 1. minimum number of people that must be at the meeting to make any actions or talks valid and official at the meeting
  2. 3. having two branches of a legislative body
  3. 4. a written command forcing and telling a person to come to court
  4. 6. Committees - exist on a more or less permanent basis
  5. 7. act of disobedience in court towards government specifically the judicial branch
  6. 9. a change/amendment to a bill that changes the permanent law governing a program funded by the bill
  7. 10. a group that pools the contributions towards a candidate during elections
  8. 12. pro tempore- high ranking member of majority party in Senate that takes over if Vice-President is gone
  9. 13. Man's best friend
  10. 14. a meeting of the judicial body to work on certain things and discuss topics
  11. 15. bill- also known as supply/spending bill which authorizes government to spend money
  12. 18. a member of a body of voters who elect people into the legislative body
  13. 20. condemnation or to say something is bad and call actions wrong as they are different from the standards
  14. 21. to invalidate a proposed law or action
  15. 22. leader- majority party in a legislative body
  16. 24. political procedure where one or more members of legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislations so that they can postpone and delay the decision
  17. 25. commerce- transportation of products, services, or money over state borders
  18. 26. barrel legislation- government spending for localized projects for the representatives district
  19. 27. having a single legislative body
  20. 29. of the Whole - house of representatives operates as a committee
  21. 34. exchanging favors by voting for a thing in return for something else politically related
  22. 35. process by which a legislative body files action against an official due to many reasons in the hope to remove them from their position or office
  23. 36. Flying mammal
  24. 37. conference and meeting where local individuals can show their support and preference among candidates
  25. 43. drafted proposed actions shown to legislature