Across
- 2. the name of the collective legislative government
- 5. the action used to stop a bill from passing
- 6. when someone is reelected with less than a 55% majority
- 7. something a senator can do when they do not want a bill to reach the floor
- 9. someone who represents a group of voters
- 13. when everyone from the house or senate is gathered and they talk about matters
- 15. a committee made up of members of the house and the senate
- 16. a count of who is present
- 17. the case that made the courts start hearing redistricting cases
- 18. the committee that decides the rules for a presented bill
- 20. a type of government that has two parts
- 22. when everyone agrees on a matter that was proposed
- 24. when one of the houses discusses amendments to a bill
- 25. made the direct election of
- 26. the house elected by the people
Down
- 1. when the president does not want to sign a bill they can do this to it
- 3. districts where someone is elected with more than a 55% majority
- 4. a petition to get a bill past a committee that did not like it
- 8. the first people to see the bill
- 10. the higher house
- 11. the name of the committee that write the taxes
- 12. used to stall a bill or to take attendance of who is there
- 14. a committee in congress that specializes in a category of bill
- 19. what legally gave african americans equal rights
- 21. how long someone can be in office
- 23. the norm
