Across
- 3. you can call for these to stall proceedings in congress
- 6. graduated bill
- 9. the word for a two-chamber legislature
- 10. person represented in the House of Reps
- 11. if a bill doesn't die in committee it is scheduled for these
- 14. the president's power to overrule a bill
- 15. actions passed by Congress
- 17. _____bills are about how to spend money
- 18. a Christmas tree bill has a lot of these on it
- 21. person who introduces bill
- 22. used to be called millionaire's club
- 23. how many senators are required to cut off rule 22
Down
- 1. number of amendment that allowed popular election of senators
- 2. how many senators are needed to sign a petition to move cloture
- 4. senators used to buy their votes so much that the senate began to be called the ____'s club
- 5. done every 10 years and leads to reapportionment
- 7. talking a bill to death
- 8. the representative's constituency
- 10. people who head a committee
- 12. most bills ______ in committee
- 13. to introduce a bill in the House you drop it in this
- 16. the number of senators each state gets
- 19. a convenient way for legislatures to get their project approved
- 20. the privilege of incumbents to send free mail to voters
- 21. bills that originate in this house are marked with an S