Across
- 6. the people could vote for their senate
- 8. the first time a bill or step to be a law
- 12. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.
- 15. a meeting of a legislative or deliberative assembly using procedural rules that are based on those of a committee, except that in this case the committee includes all members of the assembly.
- 17. if the winner wins by more than 55% votes
- 18. a person will have more chance to win in a re election compared to is rival
- 20. a person who talks for a long time in the senate
- 24. The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation
- 25. a ruling body that has 2 members from each state
Down
- 1. the second step for a bill to be a law
- 2. the third step for a bill to turn into a law
- 3. The individuals who live within the geographical area represented by an elected official.
- 4. The House of Representatives committee that, along with the Senate Finance Committee, writes the tax codes, subject to the approval of Congress as a whole.
- 5. A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty
- 7. granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.
- 9. A device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had a bill for thirty days, may ask to have it brought to the floor. If a majority of the members agree, the bill will leave the committee. This was designed to prevent a committee from killing a bill by holding it for too long
- 10. a ruling body with 435 members
- 11. usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation.
- 13. a roll call in either house of congress to see whether the minimum numbers of representative required to conduct the business is present
- 14. counting of the population every few years
- 16. determines the rules of each bill and whether it should be amended (most powerful committee of the house)
- 19. a procedure where the people vote to end a debate
- 21. procedures in the House and the Senate can be skipped (like debating a bill and going straight to a vote)
- 22. (1962)U.S. Supreme Court case that forced the Tennessee legislature to reapportion itself on the basis of population
- 23. having two branches or chambers