Legislative Branch Voc Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. made of two houses called the senate and the house of representatives
  2. 4. the majority party has the power to select the leaders of that body
  3. 8. Each state’s population determines the number of representatives it will have for the next 10 years
  4. 9. study one specific issue and report their findings to the Senate or the House
  5. 11. passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives
  6. 15. because members represent districts, they serve on committees that are important to
  7. 18. is the principal formal method by which United States congressional committees collect and analyze information in the early stages of legislative policymaking
  8. 21. closed meeting of the majority party chooses the Speaker of the House at the start of each session of Congress
  9. 23. is to change by adding, subtracting, or substituting
  10. 24. Senators can end a filibuster by voting for a or Sixty senators must vote for
  11. 26. a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
  12. 28. s influencing or attempting to influence legislative action or nonaction through oral or written communication or an attempt to obtain the goodwill of a member or employee of the Legislature
  13. 29. a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
  14. 30. specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
  15. 31. a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators
  16. 32. an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president
  17. 33. a discussion or argument carried on between two teams or sides
  18. 34. gives power to the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for meeting the expenditure during the financial year
Down
  1. 1. a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law
  2. 2. The Speaker’s top assistant
  3. 5. can influence proceedings by deciding which members to recognize first
  4. 6. each congressional term is two sessions
  5. 7. considers all bills reported from policy and fiscal committees and determines whether and in what order to schedule their consideration
  6. 10. power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevent its enactment into law
  7. 12. states would draw district boundaries to give one political party an electoral advantage
  8. 13. to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president
  9. 14. leave of the house or leave of the senate is a situation in which no member present objects to a proposal
  10. 16. who serve as assistant floor leaders in the House
  11. 17. they stand, or continue, from one legislative session to the next
  12. 19. a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest
  13. 20. a temporary committee that is set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of a bill
  14. 22. the Speaker of the House follows the vice president in the line
  15. 25. the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly
  16. 27. members who were already in office, won reelection