Across
- 2. funds allocated by a legislature for a stated purpose as part of a budget or spending bill
- 5. the spokesperson for the party that holds fewer seats in either the Senate or the House of Representatives
- 9. elected officials who lead local departments in city government
- 13. a small legislative committee within a larger, standing committee; subcommittees do much of the work of reviewing legislation
- 14. a permanent committee of legislators from both the House and Senate that deals with matters of common interest, such as economic policy
- 15. a group of legislators who consider bills or oversee agencies and programs
- 16. a law made by a group of legislators
- 20. people elected to serve in the legislative branch of city government
- 21. a law that applies only to a local area
- 23. a public official seeking reelection to the position he or she currently occupies
- 26. the senior senator of the majority party; may preside over the Senate when the vice president is not there. Pro tempore means “for the time being.”
Down
- 1. a temporary committee of legislators from both the House and Senate created to work out differences in bills passed by both houses of Congress
- 3. a temporary committee formed by either the House or Senate to investigate a specific problem; also called a select committee
- 4. the process of assigning members of Congress to various committees
- 6. approval of key officials who are appointed to office
- 7. personal services provided by members of Congress to their constituents, often to help their constituents with problems they are having with the federal bureaucracy
- 8. an official statement issued by both houses of Congress. Once signed by the president, a joint resolution has the force of law.
- 10. the spokesperson for the party that holds the most seats in either the Senate or the House of Representatives
- 11. a permanent committee of legislators from either the House or Senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or agriculture
- 12. a law made by a group of legislators
- 17. a group that seeks to influence government policymaking and decision making to further its particular goals; an interest group
- 18. the representative in the House chosen by colleagues to preside over the House, assign bills to committees, and appoint members to special committees and commissions
- 19. a person who lives in an electoral district and is represented by an elected official
- 22. the vice president of the United States, who is the official presiding officer of the Senate
- 24. a vote in which more than half of the members of Congress voted yes
- 25. elected officials who serve in the lawmaking body of the state government