Across
- 4. a procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business
- 8. a congressional process by which a speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting
- 21. the legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the house of the senate
- 22. a congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "yea" or "nay" when their name gets called
- 24. the legislative leader elected by party members holding the majority of seats in the house or the Senate
- 26. a law making body made of two chambers or parts
- 28. permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responisble for legislation within a certain subject area
- 29. a senator or representatives who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking
- 30. a congressional voting procedure in which members shout "yea" or "nay" permitting votes to be quick and anonymous
- 32. an expression of opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the house and the Senate but not the president
- 33. congressional committees appointed for a limited time a purpose
- 34. a device which any member of the house, after a committee has had the bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought out the floor
- 35. a congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees
Down
- 1. districts in which incumbents win by margins of 55 percent of more
- 2. political districts in which candidates elected to the HOR win in close elections, typically by less then 55 percent of the vote
- 3. an association of Congress members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest
- 5. legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return
- 6. a rule used by the Senate to end or limit debate
- 7. a congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, the "yeas" are first and the "nays" are second
- 9. the ability of members to mail l;letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their facsimile signature for postage
- 10. an alliance between republican and conservative democrats
- 11. committees a joint committee appointed to resolve differences in the Senate and house versions of the same bill
- 12. a roll call in either house of Congress to see whether the minimum number of representative required to conduct business is present
- 13. the minimum number of members who muct be present for business to be conducted in congress
- 14. a legislative bill that deals with matters of general concern
- 15. committees on which both senators and representatives serve
- 16. a formal expression of congressional opinion that must be approved by both houses of Congress and by the president; constitutional amendments need not be signed by the president
- 17. an attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the senate from taking action to the bill
- 18. an expression of opinion either in the house or Senate to settle procedural matters in either house
- 19. an order from the house rules committee that sets a time limit on debate; forbuids a bill from being amended on the floor
- 20. a vote in which a majority of democratic legislators oppose a majority of republican legislators
- 23. an order from the house rules committee that permits certain kinda of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the floor
- 25. an order for the house rules committee that permits certain kinda of amendments but not others to be made into a bill of the floor
- 27. a congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted
- 31. a legislative bill that deals only with specific, private, personal, or local matters