Legislative Branch Voc. Puzzle

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  1. 2. that period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business
  2. 4. the point where amendments can be added to a bill unless the House has adopted a closed rule
  3. 7. serves as spokespersons for their party's positions on issues
  4. 9. the order in which government officials replace the president of the United States if the president leaves office before an elected successor is inaugurated
  5. 12. process of dividing the 435 memberships, or seats, in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states
  6. 14. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
  7. 15. the consider and refine legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter
  8. 16. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
  9. 21. a person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter in a district represented by an elected official
  10. 23. direct contact made by lobbyists to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors
  11. 27. temporary, joint panels formed to create a compromise bill when each house has passed a different version of a bill.
  12. 28. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
  13. 30. considers all bills reported from policy and fiscal committees and determines whether, and in what order, to schedule their consideration on the floor of the House
  14. 31. motions placed on a bill in the Senate that alert party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
  15. 34. serve as presiding officer in the absence of the vice president
  16. 35. a situation in which no member present objects to a proposal
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  1. 1. a proposed law to authorize spending money
  2. 2. a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty
  3. 3. manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class
  4. 5. to revise the legislative districts
  5. 6. serve as spokesmen for their parties' positions on the issues
  6. 8. termcode-amend-29-1917
  7. 10. person currently in office
  8. 11. the number of members of a decision-making body
  9. 13. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
  10. 17. a group of members of the United States Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives
  11. 18. groups of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy
  12. 19. a congressional committee appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee.
  13. 20. a committee composed of some members of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it.
  14. 22. the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives
  15. 24. the practice of having two houses of parliament
  16. 25. a legislative proposal before Congress
  17. 26. rejection of a bill by the president
  18. 29. duty is to preside over the Senate
  19. 32. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
  20. 33. a formal, and public, group condemnation of an individual, often a group member, whose actions run counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior