Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 4. The act or process of inheriting a title or office.
  2. 5. When legislators argue on and make comments on a proposed bill.
  3. 6. Paid representatives of an interest group who contact government officials on behalf of these interest groups.
  4. 8. A person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent.
  5. 10. A method of defending a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote.
  6. 11. A permanent committee that meets regularly.
  7. 12. A process where each state's population determines the number of representatives it will have for the next 10 years
  8. 13. A small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose,
  9. 14. The presiding officer of the House.
  10. 17. A motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calendar.
  11. 21. Direct contact made by to lobbyists to persuade the government officials to support the policies that their interest group favors.
  12. 22. Motions placed on a bill in the Senate that alert party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object.
  13. 23. A vote of disapproval of a member's actions.
  14. 25. A resolution passed in the same form in both houses.
  15. 26. The process of redrawing district lines after reapportionment has been completed.
  16. 29. A proposed law to authorize spending money.
  17. 31. A committee composed of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it.
  18. 32. Groups of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy.
  19. 35. A temporary committee that is composed of the House and Senate conferees that reconciles differences in legislation that has passed through both chambers.
  20. 36. Two house legislature.
Down
  1. 1. Two sessions in a congressional term.
  2. 2. Majority whip watches how majority party intends to vote on bills and the responsibilities of the minority whip parallel the majority whip, except that it holds no power over scheduling work in the House.
  3. 3. Members who were already in office.
  4. 7. The person who must preside when the Vice President is absent.
  5. 9. The Senate's president, but not the same role or power as the Speaker of the House.
  6. 15. A committee that divides its legislature, oversight, and internal administrative tasks among 200 committees and subcommittees.
  7. 16. The speaker's top assistant whose job is to help steer important bills through the House.
  8. 18. A procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate.
  9. 19. To change by adding, subtracting, or substituting.
  10. 20. Rejection of a bill by the President.
  11. 24. A legislation proposal before congress.
  12. 27. A closed meeting.
  13. 28. A "traffic officer", helps direct the flow of major legislation.
  14. 30. The drawing of district lines to give one political party an electoral advantage.
  15. 33. The minimum number of members needed for official legislative action.
  16. 34. A session where committees listen to testimony from people interested in the bill.