Across
- 3. A committee responsible for determining how long a bill is debated.
- 4. The only way to end a filibuster is to vote on this.
- 11. Another work for electorates or constituents
- 13. Provisions within legislation that appropriate money to a specific project.
- 14. A tactic used to delay a vote on a bill.
- 16. Whoever introduces a bill
- 18. Many black and Hispanic voters identify with this party.
Down
- 1. Poison pill or "______" amendments
- 2. "Congress draws its members primarily from the legal and ________ worlds."
- 4. Represented by members of Congress
- 5. "_______ and Cracking"; To isolate minorities in a district.
- 6. "Public __________"; A non-legislative task of Congress allowing them to increase public awareness of issues.
- 7. The _____ has 435 members.
- 8. "Legislative __________"; Control of one house over the other
- 9. "The power of the _____"; gives Congress the power to influence the president or bureaucrats by withholding funds.
- 10. "Bills of _________"; laws that find people guilty of a crime and sentence them to prison without a trial.
- 12. A non-legislative task of Congress that allows them to check the executive branch
- 15. "House Ways and _____ Committee"; oversees taxes and spending legislation.
- 17. "____ barrels"; designed to bring federal money to a home state