Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 2. to put a person in an official appointment a second time or again
  2. 5. committee not acting on a bill and basically killing it , called pigeonholing
  3. 8. budget- total government planning budget for the year
  4. 9. Branch
  5. 10. stopping a debate and taking the vote
  6. 12. seeking to influence a political issue
  7. 13. having a single legislative body
  8. 14. a member of a body of voters who elect people into the legislative body
  9. 18. currently holding office and having a duty to fulfill
  10. 21. pro tempore- high ranking member of majority party in Senate that takes over if Vice-President is gone
  11. 25. exchanging favors by voting for a thing in return for something else politically related
  12. 26. barrel legislation- government spending for localized projects for the representatives district
  13. 29. having two branches of a legislative body
  14. 31. commerce- transportation of products, services, or money over state borders
  15. 32. Committees - conduct investigations on a specific topic
  16. 33. a forced/compulsory payment to the state and nation government based on multiple things
  17. 35. Committees - a committee where it controls things which have joint interest between senate and house
  18. 37. multiple lists of measures and motions eligible for consideration
  19. 38. a written command forcing and telling a person to come to court
  20. 40. condemnation or to say something is bad and call actions wrong as they are different from the standards
Down
  1. 1. bill- also known as supply/spending bill which authorizes government to spend money
  2. 3. process by which a legislative body files action against an official due to many reasons in the hope to remove them from their position or office
  3. 4. to invalidate a proposed law or action
  4. 6. manipulation of boundaries and rules to give one party or group preference
  5. 7. - small group assigned to a small specific topic
  6. 11. of the Whole - house of representatives operates as a committee
  7. 15. elected heads in the Senate by both parties, that serve as assistant leaders responsible for rounding up votes and keeping track of voting and counting
  8. 16. drafted proposed actions shown to legislature
  9. 17. Committees - exist on a more or less permanent basis
  10. 19. leader- majority party in a legislative body
  11. 20. minimum number of people that must be at the meeting to make any actions or talks valid and official at the meeting
  12. 22. resolution- offer condolences to family of deceased member of congress
  13. 23. conference and meeting where local individuals can show their support and preference among candidates
  14. 24. veto- indirect veto of a bill by not signing it or doing anything to it
  15. 27. a meeting of the judicial body to work on certain things and discuss topics
  16. 28. Terms
  17. 30. veto- legislative branch invalidates a bill or proposed action/law
  18. 34. political procedure where one or more members of legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislations so that they can postpone and delay the decision
  19. 36. a group that pools the contributions towards a candidate during elections
  20. 37. act of disobedience in court towards government specifically the judicial branch
  21. 39. offense of willfully telling a lie in court after taking the oath to not lie
  22. 41. a change/amendment to a bill that changes the permanent law governing a program funded by the bill