Across
- 2. additional provision added to a bill
- 3. committees more or less permanent committees
- 11. legislature made up of two houses
- 12. exchanging favors
- 13. one or more members of a legislative body prolonging that passing of legislation to possibly prevent it from passing
- 14. the power to stop a political action
- 15. a charge or levy placed on taxpayers
- 16. process in which a legislative assembly motions to end a debate and take a vote
- 17. political action committees
- 18. committees small legislative committees created for special purposes
- 19. Committee of the Whole contains all members of the assembly
Down
- 1. manipulating the rules in favor of one party or person
- 3. subdivision of a committee that considers specific matters and reports back to the committee as a whole
- 4. lawfully attempting to influence certain decisions
- 5. a legislative proposal made to Congress (pre-law)
- 6. the minimum number of members of an assembly that must be present in order to consider any decision made at the meeting to be valid
- 7. paired with a bill that is in the process of being passed, determines when it will be looked at by each committee
- 8. someone who is appointed solely for the purpose of keeping everyone else in Congress in check
- 9. classify disparate entities into a certain number of categories
- 10. committees members come from both sides of a bicameral legislature
- 17. veto indirect veto that neglects the signing of a bill