Legislative Branch

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  1. 1. when no members oppose a bill or movement
  2. 8. A bill that defines the spending of the government and can only be introduced in the House of Representitives
  3. 9. The conversation in a congressional house about a bill or topic
  4. 10. A change
  5. 12. Redistribution of House seats based on the Census
  6. 13. The act of using money and influence to change the course of politics and legislation
  7. 14. One person departing an office and the next person taking their position
  8. 17. The formal condemnation of a member of the senate
  9. 20. It is where a bill is first heard and the committee it falls under is assigned
  10. 22. A group of congressmen that volunteer to view bills in a certain area
  11. 26. People who lobby
  12. 27. The redistricting of congressional districts to have one group have an advantage
  13. 28. A forced end to a filibuster or hold with a 3/5 approval
  14. 29. The minimum amount of people necessary for a house to have an effective debate role
  15. 31. The changing of the size of a congressionaldistrict based on the Census
  16. 32. A group of congressmen that have similar political views
  17. 33. Two house lawmaking body
  18. 34. The 13 member House of Representatives body that determines which bills reach the house floor
  19. 35. Whip The persons who steer the vote in the majority and minority political parties respectively
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  1. 2. A committee created for a specific reason with special procedures on appointing members
  2. 3. One year in congress
  3. 4. A bicameral committee that is created to resolve differences between two bills
  4. 5. The second in command for the senate
  5. 6. The leader of the Senate and can vote only in a tie breaker
  6. 7. The leader of the House of the Representatives
  7. 11. A type of senate hold that is a senator holding a vote by speaking constantly
  8. 15. A group in a congressional committee that focus specific topic in their committee
  9. 16. The president preventing a bill from becoming a law
  10. 18. A congressional committee that always has members
  11. 19. The leader of the political party that has the most members in a house of congress
  12. 20. A senator's ability to prevent a bill from going to the senate floor
  13. 21. Groups of individuals that hold similar beliefs in certain topics that try to make legislation based on those topics
  14. 23. A legislative action that requires the approval of both houses of congress
  15. 24. The voters an elected official serves for
  16. 25. An idea that could become a law with the approval of congress
  17. 30. The person who has the office