Across
- 3. means by which the president can reject a bill, when Congress is not in session, by not signing it
- 6. Measure in which both houses of Congress address matters that affect the operations of both chambers
- 9. A congressional measure used in certain out-of-the-ordinary circumstances and has the force of law if passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president
Down
- 1. A measure taken in the House of Representatives to force a bill out of committee.
- 2. A veto in which each member of Congress is required to publicly state his or her vote also called a record vote
- 4. A joint committee formed from both houses to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill
- 5. The minimum number of members seeded to legally conduct business
- 7. An addition to a bill that often has little relationship to the bill's main topic; the goal of a rider may be to add an unpopular provision to a bill that is likely to be passed so that the addition my "ride" along with the bill that is passed, or a rider may be designed to kill a bill by attaching an unpopular provision to that bill
- 8. A measure taken in the House of Representatives in which all representatives become member of a single committee, allowing the House to function when many members are absent