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