Across
- 3. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
- 4. authority shared by both federal and state courts
- 6. a motion placed on a bill in the Senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
- 11. a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
- 13. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
- 14. a committee that consists of members from both the House and Senate, formed to act as a study group that reports back to the House and Senate on a topic or bill
- 15. to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
- 16. a member of a lawmaker’s personal staff who handles requests for help from constituents
- 17. a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
- 21. a two-chamber legislature
- 22. meeting
- 23. a member of a lawmaker’s personal staff who makes certain that the lawmaker is well informed about proposed legislation
- 26. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
- 27. to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
- 28. elected official who is already in office
- 29. an event held before an election where members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, where they will also vote to nominate a candidate
Down
- 1. an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature
- 2. the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president
- 5. complete count of a population, including place of residence
- 7. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
- 8. a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
- 9. a proposed law
- 10. a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
- 12. the Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
- 18. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
- 19. the people who work directly for individual senators and representatives
- 20. a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
- 24. as a whole; for example, statewide
- 25. the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action