Across
- 2. the trading of votes among legislators to ensure the passage of various bills in which they have a special interest
- 3. the power of the House speaker or Senate majority leader to grant permission to speak on the House or Senate floor
- 6. an amendment attached to a bill that has little or no relation to the subject of the bill
- 9. a high school junior who works as a messenger and errand-runner in the House or Senate
- 10. the tactic of using endless speeches on the Senate floor to delay or prevent passage of legislation
Down
- 1. a bill with so many riders attached to it that it seems to offer something for everyone
- 4. this allows the bill to move through the House quickly, with few changes
- 5. this allows opponents to change the bill or even kill it
- 7. a direct vote on a bill in the full House or Senate
- 8. the process used to end a filibuster in the Senate