Legislative crossword

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Across
  1. 3. process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end
  2. 7. The person who is responsible for overseeing the committee's roles, assigning work, acting as its spokesperson
  3. 8. where an individual extends debate, allowing a lone member to delay or entirely prevent a vote on a given proposal
  4. 9. voluntary association that seeks to publicly promote and create advantages for its cause
  5. 10. people who vote for you or in your district
  6. 13. 10 days before end of session- effect a veto.
  7. 14. John Boehner
  8. 15. dividing up votes on proportion.
  9. 17. A leader in the house or senate whose party does not control it.
  10. 18. A legal system with two branches or systems
  11. 19. Some one who's job is to influence the voting decision of members of the House and Senate.
Down
  1. 1. a want to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives.
  2. 2. a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature.
  3. 4. a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement.
  4. 5. an idiom for a political party or social movement's canonagenda, as well as specific ideological elements specific to the organization's partisanship.
  5. 6. bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from a Committee and usually without cooperation of the leadership
  6. 11. The process by which the president can disregard a bill.
  7. 12. a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan or incumbent-protected districts.
  8. 14. term of Congress
  9. 16. laws limiting how long a person may remain in office