Legislative Branch Voc Puzzle
Across
- 2. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent.
- 5. A committee composed of some members of a large committee board or other body and reporting to it.
- 7. Motion placed on a bill in the senate that alert party leaders that if unanimouse consent were to be sought they would object.
- 10. A draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.
- 11. Argue about somehting in a formal manner
- 15. A formal meetings for discussion
- 16. chooses the speaker
- 18. The minimum numbers of an assembly or society that must be present to any of its meetings to make the proceedings of the meeting valid.
- 20. A session at which a committee listens to testimony from people intrested in the bill.
- 21. The senate members elected by the senate who stand in as president senate in the absence of the vice president UnanimouseConsent A motion by all members of the senate who are present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calender.
- 23. Two or more meeting Reapportionment States with low growth or a population Decrease Redistricting
Down
- 1. A permanent committee that meets regularly.
- 3. Considers all the bills reported from policy and fiscal committiee and determine whaether and in what order to schedule consideration on the floor of the house.
- 4. A procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate.
- 6. A resolution passed in the same form by houses
- 8. A method of defending a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative preventing a vote.
- 9. the action or process of inheriting a title or office. Majority Leader The speakers top assistance whos job is to help
- 12. Make minor chnages in order to make a fairer.
- 13. to draw a district’s boundaries to Gain an advantage in elections Censure complete count of a population, including Place of residence Incumbents elected official who is already in office
- 14. An offical or exacutive ranking below and deputizing for a president.
- 17. A small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose.
- 19. Rejection of a bill by the president
- 22. two diffrent part of congress.