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  1. 3. A committee responsible for determining how long a bill is debated.
  2. 4. The only way to end a filibuster is to vote on this.
  3. 11. Another work for electorates or constituents
  4. 13. Provisions within legislation that appropriate money to a specific project.
  5. 14. A tactic used to delay a vote on a bill.
  6. 16. Whoever introduces a bill
  7. 18. Many black and Hispanic voters identify with this party.
Down
  1. 1. Poison pill or "______" amendments
  2. 2. "Congress draws its members primarily from the legal and ________ worlds."
  3. 4. Represented by members of Congress
  4. 5. "_______ and Cracking"; To isolate minorities in a district.
  5. 6. "Public __________"; A non-legislative task of Congress allowing them to increase public awareness of issues.
  6. 7. The _____ has 435 members.
  7. 8. "Legislative __________"; Control of one house over the other
  8. 9. "The power of the _____"; gives Congress the power to influence the president or bureaucrats by withholding funds.
  9. 10. "Bills of _________"; laws that find people guilty of a crime and sentence them to prison without a trial.
  10. 12. A non-legislative task of Congress that allows them to check the executive branch
  11. 15. "House Ways and _____ Committee"; oversees taxes and spending legislation.
  12. 17. "____ barrels"; designed to bring federal money to a home state