Across
- 3. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
- 4. the money that people and businesses pay to support the activities of the government
- 8. a resolution that covers matters requiring the action of the House and Senate but on which a law is not needed
- 9. rule that permits floor debate and the addition of amendments to the bill
- 10. part of a funding bill that will go toward a certain purpose
- 11. a proposed law to authorize spending money
- 14. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
- 15. an agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other’s bills
- 16. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
- 17. a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy
- 18. a bill dealing with individual people or places
- 20. a required government expenditure that continues from one year to the next
- 21. rejection of a bill by the president
Down
- 1. a bill that sets up a federal program and specifies how much money may be appropriated for the program
- 2. rule that forbids members of Congress to offer amendments to a bill from the floor
- 5. approval of government spending
- 6. when a president kills a bill passed during the last 10 days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it
- 7. a statement adopted to cover matters affecting only one house of Congress
- 12. a bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation
- 13. direct contact made by lobbyists to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest groups favor
- 19. a provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill