Zack Yingling - Section 3, 4

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Across
  1. 2. A meeting of all house members from a particular political party.
  2. 3. Documents meant to propose laws.
  3. 5. A position given to the most voted Senator of the majority party, like the Speaker of the House.
  4. 8. The spokesperson and most powerful member of the House, elected by the House members of the majority party.
  5. 9. Committees, formed from members of both the Senate and the House, meant to interpret things throughout both sides of Congress.
  6. 10. The process of redistributing seats of the House based on the newly collected census.
  7. 11. The end to a debate.
  8. 13. The action of redrawing state district lines for debatably unfair political advantage.
  9. 15. A ceremonial position, held by the Vice President of the U.S., meant to regulate debate in the Senate.
  10. 16. The assistant to the Speaker of the House ; also called the "Majority Leader."
Down
  1. 1. Basically the President of the Senate's backup, given to the Senator who's served the longest.
  2. 4. The idea that continuing to discuss a certain topic for as long as possible can prevent the topic's vote from reaching the light of day.
  3. 6. Specifically created committees created to cover certain things that aren't already covered by a committee.
  4. 7. Members of each political party whos job is to encourage the voting of particular leadership wants in the House.
  5. 12. House committees that go through and interpret proposed laws and regulations.
  6. 14. The concept that the seat of a Committee goes to the senior-most member.