Unit 4 Part 1 Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. Rules Committees The committee in the House of Representatives that reviews most bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full House.
  2. 11. Departments often called the Cabinet departments, they are the traditional units of federal administration
  3. 14. the process of determining the number of representatives for each state using census data
  4. 15. Committees committees on which both senators and representatives serve
  5. 16. Powers The powers explicitly given to Congress in the Constitution.
  6. 17. of the House the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives
  7. 18. majority two-thirds majority or 67% votes needed
  8. 20. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue.
  9. 21. Powers powers that congress has that are not stated explicitly in the constitution (necessary and proper clause)
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  1. 1. of the Senate the presiding officer of a senate; in Congress, the vice president of the United States
  2. 2. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
  3. 3. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
  4. 5. A person who works for a bureaucratic organization
  5. 6. Pro Tempore a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.
  6. 7. Leaders the chief officers of the majority and minority parties in each house
  7. 8. Committees permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area
  8. 9. A large complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization
  9. 10. assistant to the floor leaders, keeps a head count of votes, rounds up members for important votes
  10. 12. Committees A joint committee appointed to resolve differences in the senate and house versions of the same bill
  11. 13. an official in charge of an executive department
  12. 17. majority 51% of the votes needed
  13. 19. Year the 12 month period used by a government and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenue-collecting, and other financial management purposes