Across
- 3. Everyone agrees
- 10. Prevents a bill from getting out of committee
- 11. Redrawing election districts to favor one political party
- 14. Senate power to approve presidential appointments and treaties
- 15. Temporary - Handles topics not covered by standing committees
- 18. Made up of members of both Houses
- 19. Prevents a bill from being debated in the Senate
- 21. Redrawing of election district boundaries
- 22. Supreme Court case which ruled the election districts created for only racial/ethnic purposes was unconstitutional
- 23. represent their constituents
- 25. The power of Congress to investigate how laws are being carried out by the executive branch
- 28. Passed by both houses of Congress and is signed by the President
- 29. See their primary role as representing their political party
- 30. Congress must approve all government expenditures
- 31. Permanent committee that handles broad areas of legislation
- 32. Divisions of standing committees
- 33. Something put in a bill designed for it to fail
- 34. Gerrymandering that protects the incumbents of both parties
- 35. Type of joint committee that works out differences between House and Senate bills
Down
- 1. Ends a filibuster with 60 votes
- 2. The division of seats in the House among the states
- 4. All tax legislation must start in this committee in the house
- 5. Can be signed by a majority of members which forces a bill out of committees
- 6. Assigns the bills to committees and sets rules on how bills are debated
- 7. Whether or not something violates the constitution
- 8. Redrawing election divisions in order to increase the chances that ethnic or racial minority candidates would be elected
- 9. When a bill is changed/amended in committees
- 12. Expresses the opinion of one house of Congress
- 13. Supreme Court case which established the “one person, one vote” rule which required election districts to be roughly equal
- 16. represent the United States
- 17. Refers to government spending that goes to local organizations. It is often seen as not supporting a national interest
- 20. Practice of members of Congress supporting each other’s bills. This is known as “you vote for mine, I’ll vote for yours”
- 24. Part of an appropriation bill that requires certain spending to be done in certain geographical areas
- 26. Expresses opinion of both houses of Congress
- 27. Refers to the free mailing that members of Congress get for official business
- 30. Adopts one of the three other roles depending on which they feel is most appropriate at the time/or for a particular political issue/policy