Across
- 3. unpopular amendments to bills that are sure to pass
- 5. where bills regarding taxes and spending are sent
- 6. used for ending debates or to prevent filibustering
- 9. when committees make amendments to a bill before passing it
- 10. permits amendments on the floor
- 13. when a person stalls by talking for a very long time extending a debate
- 14. the 3rd step to passing a bill or law in congress
- 15. prevents a committee killing a bill by holding it for too long
- 16. if congress adjourns during the ten days a president has a bill and he doesnt sign
- 19. the first step to ratifying a bill or law
- 20. the group of people a senator represents
- 21. upper chamber of congress
- 22. lower chamber of congress
- 23. used for preventing a bill from reaching the floor for a vote
- 24. a request made by a senator to put the debate straight to a vote
- 25. the committee that makes the rules for debate in the house
Down
- 1. when two houses pass different versions of the same bill and they come together to amend it
- 2. bills directing how money is spent
- 4. a roll call used in either house of congress to stall
- 6. a committee in congress that handles a specific duty
- 7. the houses schedule of debates on bills
- 8. the second step to ratifying a bill or law
- 11. the amendment that gave the people the right to vote for their senators
- 12. where only 100 members of the house need to be present to conduct business
- 17. the holding of office
- 18. a two-chambered/branched body of legislature