Across
- 2. that period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business
- 4. the point where amendments can be added to a bill unless the House has adopted a closed rule
- 7. serves as spokespersons for their party's positions on issues
- 9. the order in which government officials replace the president of the United States if the president leaves office before an elected successor is inaugurated
- 12. process of dividing the 435 memberships, or seats, in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states
- 14. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
- 15. the consider and refine legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter
- 16. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
- 21. a person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter in a district represented by an elected official
- 23. direct contact made by lobbyists to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors
- 27. temporary, joint panels formed to create a compromise bill when each house has passed a different version of a bill.
- 28. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
- 30. considers all bills reported from policy and fiscal committees and determines whether, and in what order, to schedule their consideration on the floor of the House
- 31. motions placed on a bill in the Senate that alert party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
- 34. serve as presiding officer in the absence of the vice president
- 35. a situation in which no member present objects to a proposal
Down
- 1. a proposed law to authorize spending money
- 2. a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty
- 3. manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class
- 5. to revise the legislative districts
- 6. serve as spokesmen for their parties' positions on the issues
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- 10. person currently in office
- 11. the number of members of a decision-making body
- 13. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
- 17. a group of members of the United States Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives
- 18. groups of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy
- 19. a congressional committee appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee.
- 20. a committee composed of some members of a larger committee, board, or other body and reporting to it.
- 22. the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives
- 24. the practice of having two houses of parliament
- 25. a legislative proposal before Congress
- 26. rejection of a bill by the president
- 29. duty is to preside over the Senate
- 32. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
- 33. a formal, and public, group condemnation of an individual, often a group member, whose actions run counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior