Texas Legislature

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Across
  1. 1. To kill a bill by placing it at the bottom of a committee's agenda
  2. 4. Can be stricken by an item veto
  3. 5. A bicameral legislature has two
  4. 10. Type of committee to work out differences between House and Senate versions of a bill
  5. 11. Share of the Senate that is elected every two years
  6. 13. A marathon speech in the Senate
  7. 14. Each legislator is elected from their own
  8. 15. Sets the agenda for special sessions of the legislature
Down
  1. 2. Manipulation of district boundaries to affect who gets elected
  2. 3. Number of years in a senator's term
  3. 6. Presiding officer of the House of Representatives
  4. 7. A proposed law
  5. 8. Type of equality required by "one person, one vote"
  6. 9. Preventing a vote by offering needless amendments
  7. 12. Place where all members of a house meet to debate and vote