Lawmaking Process

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Across
  1. 2. congressional record, bill is given number and BLANK
  2. 5. these hold public hearings
  3. 7. short trip to bill affected area
  4. 8. congress has the power to create and BLANK taxes
  5. 10. another name for an amendment
  6. 12. bill is put into the BLANK
  7. 13. items that the government is required to spend money on every year
  8. 14. # of members needed to conduct business
  9. 15. this can happen to a veto if it gets a ⅔ vote from both houses
  10. 16. BLANK bills apply to an individual, group, or corporate entity
  11. 17. used to obtain information and opinions on bills
  12. 19. bill dies in committee
Down
  1. 1. BLANK bills apply to the nation as a whole – ex. Tax’s,
  2. 3. attempt to “talk bill to death”
  3. 4. BLANK may only pass, reject, or add amendments to tax bills passed by the H.o.R.
  4. 6. when this rule becomes active, 30 hours of floor time are left
  5. 9. BLANK rule any member of the house can propose an amendment to a bill
  6. 11. BLANK bill approves the money to be spent/given to a federal agency
  7. 18. bill is printed in final form
  8. 19. BLANK veto president takes no action on a bill for 10 days and congress session ends in those 10 days