Govt Crossword

3. A loosely defined term for action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other debatable question.
6. Authorizes Congress to employ any means that are appropriate and plainly adapted to the permitted end.
12. A qualification which is subsidised by the Department of Education.
14. The amount of senators.
15. A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees.
17. A person who is represented politically by a designated government official or officeholder.
18. Allows for direct votes for senators.

1. Established by Senate for investigation or study.
2. A procedure meant to bring a debate to a quick end.
4. Legislation introduced in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, but unlike bills they may be limited in effect to the Congress or one of its chambers.
5. A meeting or grouping of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.
7. A means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution.
8. The minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group.
9. The limit of people in Congress allowed at any given time.
10. Permanent committees established under the standing rules of the Senate and specialize in the consideration of particular subject areas.
11. Maximum time someone can be a senator
13. Leads the Senate
16. A nongermane amendment to a bill or an amendment to an appropriation bill that changes the permanent law governing a program funded by the bill.