unit 5 vocab

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Across
  1. 2. are generally used to amend
  2. 4. a committee that is composed of members of the house of representatives and the senate
  3. 5. reviews most bills after they
  4. 7. a temporary joint committee
  5. 12. the person who is authorized to preside over the senate, sign legislation,and issue oath of office to new senators.
  6. 15. to come up with a compromise to settle the differences between the senate and the house
  7. 16. in legislature does not represent the same number of people
  8. 19. federal agencies
  9. 22. make rules that apply to both houses.
  10. 24. a provision in a law that sets an automatic end date for the law.
  11. 25. the legislature of the U.S. government
  12. 28. a law of congress that provides an agency with budget authority
  13. 29. the member of congress responsible for running a committee
  14. 30. a statement in the constitution
  15. 31. the process/procedure of determining who gets what type of access to data and systems
  16. 32. when the people who have served
  17. 34. the service/response that members of congress provide to constituents who request help or assistance
  18. 37. a legal restriction that limits the amount of terms an officeholder can
  19. 38. when a political group attempts to change a voting district to create a result that hurts the group that is against them.
  20. 40. an order from the house rules committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor party polarization
  21. 41. the minimum number of people that have to be at a meeting in order for it be official
  22. 42. of the U.S representatives
  23. 43. presides over meetings,chooses who to call on during meetings,schedule bills for debates ect.
  24. 45. the current holder of the elected office
  25. 46. the monitoring/supervision
  26. 47. a constitutional chairperson can kill a bill that is assigned to her/his committee by ignoring it.
  27. 48. the chiefs spokesperson for the majority party
  28. 49. a district where a party is guarranted to win
Down
  1. 1. permanent committees etsablished under the standing rules of the senate
  2. 3. bringing a bill out of a committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee discharging the committee from further consideration of a bill
  3. 6. a law-making body that is made up of two chambers
  4. 7. the alliance of middle class citizens and businesses to support conservative candidates
  5. 8. opinions of both houses
  6. 9. from the full committee and before they go to the full chamber for consideration
  7. 10. an order from the house of representatives that forbids a particular bill from being amended on the floor and sets a time limit on debates.
  8. 11. deals with matters of taxation
  9. 13. the party that has the most members
  10. 14. when each
  11. 17. gives congress the authority to make laws
  12. 18. a committee that deals with
  13. 20. a closed meeting of party members in each state
  14. 21. responsible for leading the
  15. 23. an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature
  16. 26. a temporary committee established for a limited time period for a special purpose.
  17. 27. a process that limits further consideration of pending proposal to thirty hours in order to end a filibuster
  18. 33. a public way of preventing a bill to be voted on in the senate debate
  19. 35. any bill except for debt bills and budget bills that increases or decrease the total revenues available for appropriation.
  20. 36. the ability to send mail by ones signature other than by postage
  21. 39. in a particular office
  22. 44. a committee the longest and have their party in charge automatically become the head of their committees