Across
- 3. rejection of a bill by the president
- 5. to argue about a subject (bill) in a formal matter
- 6. elected official who is already in office
- 8. an annual set of meeting in Congress that usually has two sessions beginning on the 3rd of January on every odd-ending year
- 10. the House's presiding officer, party leader, and the institution's administrative head
- 13. a proposed law
- 15. a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and to consider a bill from the calendar
- 19. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
- 20. a vote of formal approval of a member's actions
- 21. a paid representative of an interest group who contacts government officials on behalf of these interest groups
- 23. to set up new district lines after appointment is complete
- 24. a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
- 26. a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government and policy
- 28. the Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the minority party's legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
- 31. a person whom a member or Congress has been elected to represent
- 32. a proposed law to authorize spending money
- 34. a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
- 35. a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
- 36. the second ranking members of each party's leadership; main function is to gather up votes of their respective parties on major issues
Down
- 1. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
- 2. an essential part of the legislative branch that monitors ongoing governmental operations
- 4. to change, alter
- 7. a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and to report its findings to the House or Senate
- 9. considers all bills reported and determines which to debate on in the floor of the House
- 11. a two-chamber legislative
- 12. the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence if the vice president
- 14. a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
- 16. a resolution passed in the same form by both houses
- 17. a motion placed on a bill in the Senate that alerts party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
- 18. a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
- 22. to draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
- 25. to make direct contact by lobbyist to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest groups favor
- 27. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people interested in the bill
- 29. the president of the Senate
- 30. the action or process of inheriting a title or office
- 33. the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action