Legislative Branch - Limeberry

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  1. 3. Any committee that includes members of both the House and the Senate.
  2. 6. Subunit of a committee established for the purpose of dividing the committee's workload.
  3. 7. An assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature.
  4. 11. A program added onto a bill that benefits only one or a few congressional districts.
  5. 17. A joint committee that convenes to work out the differences in bills that have passed through both houses.
  6. 19. Two-houses in a legislature.
  7. 20. Section of Article 1 with powers verboten.
  8. 21. Senate majority leader.
  9. 24. The head position of the House of Representatives.
  10. 26. When a senator asks the majority leader not to schedule a vote on a bill.
  11. 27. House minority leader.
  12. 30. This happens every 2 years.
  13. 33. Permanent committee of Congress.
  14. 35. Senate and the House.
  15. 38. People represented by an elected official.
  16. 39. A proposed law
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  1. 1. A committee created for a specific purpose.
  2. 2. When the House, the Senate, and the White House are not all controlled by the same political party.
  3. 4. A private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office.
  4. 5. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative lines following the census.
  5. 8. The vice president.
  6. 9. Court ruled that congressional districts must be approximately the same size.
  7. 10. A bill unsigned by the president until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.
  8. 12. When committee members change a bill before it goes to the Full House or Full Senate for a vote.
  9. 13. Drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent.
  10. 14. Established a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  11. 15. House majority whip.
  12. 16. Senate minority whip.
  13. 18. House majority leader.
  14. 22. The speaker of the house.
  15. 23. This chambers members are determined by population.
  16. 25. Ending debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate.
  17. 28. House minority whip.
  18. 29. Senate majority whip.
  19. 31. Someone who has the advantage in reelections.
  20. 32. One house/chamber.
  21. 34. A stall tactic in the Senate.
  22. 36. Senate minority leader.
  23. 37. This is the section in the constitution that outlines the legislative branch.
  24. 38. Official count of the US population, conducted every 10 years.