Across
- 3. The power of Congress to monitor, review, and investigate how federal agencies implement laws and manage programs.
- 4. Meetings where members discuss strategy, choose leaders, and decide their shared goals.
- 7. Powers not listed word for word but considered essential for Congress to do its job.
- 8. The party with the most members in the House or Senate.
- 9. A change, correction, or addition made to a bill during committee markup or floor debate.
- 12. A strategy in which lawmakers agree to support each other’s bills or priorities in order to gain enough votes to pass legislation.
Down
- 1. A Senate tactic in which one or more senators delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate, often for a long period of time.
- 2. Their job is to count votes and make sure party members support the group’s priorities.
- 5. A solution in which opposing sides each give up something in order to reach an agreement that most people can support.
- 6. A temporary committee created for a specific purpose, such as investigating an event or studying an issue not handled by standing committees.
- 10. The process in committee where members debate, edit, and revise the language of a bill before deciding whether to advance it.
- 11. A proposed law introduced in either the House or Senate for debate, amendment, and voting.