Across
- 2. a legislative bill that deals with private, personal, specific, or local matters
- 5. type of bill that works with legislation of general concern
- 8. Besides passing bills, Congress can also pass other actions called
- 12. rule that permits amendments for the floor
- 13. The minimum number of numbers who must be present
- 14. An attempt to defeat the bill in the senate by talking indefinitely, making it so the senate cannot take action
- 15. type of referral that is a congressional process where a bill may be referred to several committees
- 16. a procedure that can be done to allow the senate to get on with other business while a filibuster is occurring
- 18. The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the states opinion violates the constitution
- 19. legislation that is lawmaking made up of 2 chambers
Down
- 1. What represents House of Representatives
- 3. is a rise in the general level in prices
- 4. Where bills get introduced to the House of Representatives
- 6. type of petition by which any member of the house may, after being in a committee has seen for 30 days can then be brought to the floor
- 7. type of district where incumbents win by 55 percent or more
- 9. rule that sets a strict time limit on debate and forbids the introduction of any amendments from the floor, or forbids amendments except those offered by the sponsoring committee
- 10. the rule provided that debate be cut off if ⅔ of the senators present and voting agreed to a “cloture” motion
- 11. A survey of public opinion
- 15. type of district one by 55 percent or less of the vote
- 17. type of poll based on interviews conducted on Election day with randomly selected voters