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Across
  1. 3. Practice where a Senator temporarily blocks the consideration of a bill or nomination
  2. 4. The act of changing the boundaries of an electoral district to favor one party over another
  3. 6. When one party controls the executive branch while another controls one or both houses in Congress
  4. 7. The process of redrawing electoral districts in the United States
  5. 10. An alliance of political groups pursuing a common goal
  6. 11. The committee responsible for scheduling and managing the flow of legislation on the floor
  7. 13. Drawing districts of unequal sizes and populations
  8. 14. A tactic used by senators to block a bill by continuing to hold the floor and speak until the bill is dead
  9. 15. The allocation of the number of representatives each state has in the House of Representatives
  10. 18. Legislation that uses federal funding to finance localized projects typically bringing money into representative's districts
  11. 22. A procedural rule that prohibits any amendments to bills
  12. 26. Group of people who reside within a specific electoral district
  13. 28. A district in which a racial minority group comprise a majority of the districts total population
  14. 29. A member of Congress who always follows their constituents voting preferences
  15. 32. Population in congressional districts must be approximately equal
Down
  1. 1. Vote trading (one members votes for another's bill in exchange for future support on their own bill)
  2. 2. established that although legislation redistricting must be conscious of race and comply with the Voting Rights Act, it cannot exceed what is reasonably necessary to avoid racial imbalances
  3. 5. An additional provision added to legislation having little connection with the subject of that legislation
  4. 8. A permanent committee set up in broad policy areas such as "education" or "judiciary"
  5. 9. Legislation process is stalled due to lawmakers unable to reach an agreement
  6. 10. A committee of the House on which all representatives serve in order to consider the details of a proposal
  7. 12. Strong allegiance to a political party which can influence opinions, actions, and policies
  8. 16. A procedural rule that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill
  9. 17. The process of amending and changing a bill
  10. 19. A petition signed by members of the House to bring a bill out of committee and onto the floor for a vote
  11. 20. Spending that is a portion of the federal budget subject to annual changes dependent on the President and Congress
  12. 21. A senate procedure through which a supermajority of 60 senators can vote to limit the amount of time spent debating a bill
  13. 23. A member of Congress who acts as a representative on issues that their constituents care about, and a trustee on issues their constituents don't care about
  14. 24. Spending that is required - involves entitlement programs and cannot be cut by the President or Congress
  15. 25. A proposed piece of legislation
  16. 27. no member objects to a proposal
  17. 30. Federal benefit payments to which recipients have a legal right
  18. 31. A committee consisting of Representatives and Senators, designed to create one version of a bill