Across
- 4. The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group
- 6. Two year period of time during which Congress meets
- 7. Legal rights of a person to reproduce, publish, or sell their creations
- 10. To begin a new session of Congress
- 11. Period of time each year during which Congress assembles and conducts business
- 12. Legislative committee composed of members of both branches
- 16. Suspend, as in a session of Congress
- 19. Lawmakers who vote based on their conscience and judgement
- 21. Expression describing how most bills introduced in each session of Congress are put away or never acted upon
- 23. People with authority to represent others at a conference or convention
- 27. The people and interests that an elected official represents
- 30. The presiding officer of a senate in Congress, the Vice President of the United States
- 34. exclusive power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade
Down
- 1. The legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another
- 2. Act of lying under oath
- 3. legislative committee created for a limited time and for some specific purpose
- 5. A type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned when the chief does not sign or reject a bill within the time allowed to do so
- 8. The member of the U.S Senate, or upper house of a State legislature, chosen to preside in the absence of the president of the Senate
- 9. Permanate committee in a legislative body to which bills in a specified subject area are referred
- 13. An order for a person to appear and to produce documents or other requested materials
- 14. Lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party and vote according to the part line
- 15. Division of existing committee that is formed to address specific issues
- 17. A licence insured to an inventor granting the exclusive right to make, sell , use for a limited time
- 18. Broad agreement on public question
- 20. The presiding officer of th House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the house
- 21. A closed meeting of a partys house or senate members
- 22. A stalling tactic to delay the Senate floor so a bill cannot be brought to vote
- 24. A procedure to limit or end floor debate
- 25. The current office holder
- 26. The floor leader of the party that holds the majority of seats in each house of Congress
- 28. The floor leader of the party that holds the minority of seats in each house of Congress
- 29. Cheif executive power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
- 31. To bring formal charges against a public official
- 32. Distributed, as in seats in a legislative body
- 33. To find not guilty of charge