Congress Review

2. A piece of legislation before it becomes a law
5. a committee that is formed to review a specific matter and then report back to the rest of the committee
6. Deciding the number of Representatives each State receives
7. Drawing district boundaries in an attempt to benefit one group over the other
9. When a president rejects a bill or piece of legislation
13. the number of years in a Representatives term
14. 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

1. An attempt to talk a bill to death
3. adopted by both the House and the Senate but does not require the signature of the President
4. redrawing district lines to put a Represenative in the same district as another Representative from the same party
8. A provision that is added to a bill even though it doesn't connect to what the bill is about
10. A president is given ten days to reject a bill before it becomes a law
11. When the senate limits the amount of time to debate and discuss a bill
12. When members of Congress are in meetings
15. The amount of time someone is in office, from election to election