Congress Review

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Across
  1. 2. the number of years in a Representatives term
  2. 6. A provision that is added to a bill even though it doesn't connect to what the bill is about
  3. 7. When a president rejects a bill or piece of legislation
  4. 8. A legislative matter that requires approval from the House and Senate and must be signed by the President but doesn't have the force of a law
  5. 10. Drawing district boundaries in an attempt to benefit one group over the other
  6. 12. When the senate limits the amount of time to debate and discuss a bill
  7. 13. A president is given ten days to reject a bill before it becomes a law
  8. 15. the number of years in a Senators term
Down
  1. 1. Deciding the number of Representatives each State receives
  2. 2. An attempt to talk a bill to death
  3. 3. The amount of time someone is in office, from election to election
  4. 4. When members of Congress are in meetings
  5. 5. adopted by both the House and the Senate but does not require the signature of the President
  6. 9. a committee that is formed to review a specific matter and then report back to the rest of the committee
  7. 11. A piece of legislation before it becomes a law
  8. 14. redrawing district lines to put a in the same district as another Representative from the same party