Legislative Branch Crossword

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  1. 2. Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.
  2. 4. one congressional meeting lasting one year
  3. 8. drawing district boundaries to give one political party an electoral advantage
  4. 11. person currently in office
  5. 14. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bll under debate
  6. 15. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the Vice President
  7. 16. presiding officer and the house's most powerful leader
  8. 18. an agreement by every senator to the terms of debate on a given piece of legislation
  9. 23. group of people in congress who make decisions or plans for bills
  10. 24. the redistribution of seats in the US house of representatives based on changes in population
  11. 25. a proposed law
  12. 26. congressional cimittees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation
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  1. 1. a lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts
  2. 3. a voter in a district represented by an elected official
  3. 5. a permanent committee established in a legislature, usually focusing on a policy area
  4. 6. the speaker's top assistant, helps plan the party's legislative program, from leading party in the house
  5. 7. their job is to watch how majority party members intend to vote on bills, to persuade to vote and to see that party members are present
  6. 9. President of the Senate
  7. 10. division of existing committee that is formed to address specific issues
  8. 12. a procedure allowing one or more senators to prevent a motion from reaching the floor
  9. 13. each state legislature drawing the boundaries for the congressional districts
  10. 17. an institution unique to the House of Representaties that reviews all bills (except revenue, budget, and appropriations bills) coming from a house committee before they go to the full house.
  11. 19. order goes: vice president, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, cabinet officers
  12. 20. a vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions
  13. 21. The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress
  14. 22. a procedural practice in the senate whereby ta senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue
  15. 27. a closed meeting of the majority party chooses the speaker of the house at the start of each session of congress