Across
- 2. A proposed law
- 7. A two chamber legislature
- 9. person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent
- 10. draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections.
- 14. official who is already in office.
- 16. A premanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
- 17. assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature
- 18. procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under debate
- 19. number of members who must be present to permit s legislative body to take official action
Down
- 1. method of defeating bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
- 3. period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct business.
- 4. population count
- 5. group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility
- 6. process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
- 8. A committee of the House and the Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the House and the Senate.
- 11. The majority party's legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
- 12. A population count
- 13. set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete.
- 15. A private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office