Across
- 2. are generally used to amend
- 4. a committee that is composed of members of the house of representatives and the senate
- 5. reviews most bills after they
- 7. a temporary joint committee
- 12. the person who is authorized to preside over the senate, sign legislation,and issue oath of office to new senators.
- 15. to come up with a compromise to settle the differences between the senate and the house
- 16. in legislature does not represent the same number of people
- 19. federal agencies
- 22. make rules that apply to both houses.
- 24. a provision in a law that sets an automatic end date for the law.
- 25. the legislature of the U.S. government
- 28. a law of congress that provides an agency with budget authority
- 29. the member of congress responsible for running a committee
- 30. a statement in the constitution
- 31. the process/procedure of determining who gets what type of access to data and systems
- 32. when the people who have served
- 34. the service/response that members of congress provide to constituents who request help or assistance
- 37. a legal restriction that limits the amount of terms an officeholder can
- 38. when a political group attempts to change a voting district to create a result that hurts the group that is against them.
- 40. an order from the house rules committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor party polarization
- 41. the minimum number of people that have to be at a meeting in order for it be official
- 42. of the U.S representatives
- 43. presides over meetings,chooses who to call on during meetings,schedule bills for debates ect.
- 45. the current holder of the elected office
- 46. the monitoring/supervision
- 47. a constitutional chairperson can kill a bill that is assigned to her/his committee by ignoring it.
- 48. the chiefs spokesperson for the majority party
- 49. a district where a party is guarranted to win
Down
- 1. permanent committees etsablished under the standing rules of the senate
- 3. bringing a bill out of a committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee discharging the committee from further consideration of a bill
- 6. a law-making body that is made up of two chambers
- 7. the alliance of middle class citizens and businesses to support conservative candidates
- 8. opinions of both houses
- 9. from the full committee and before they go to the full chamber for consideration
- 10. an order from the house of representatives that forbids a particular bill from being amended on the floor and sets a time limit on debates.
- 11. deals with matters of taxation
- 13. the party that has the most members
- 14. when each
- 17. gives congress the authority to make laws
- 18. a committee that deals with
- 20. a closed meeting of party members in each state
- 21. responsible for leading the
- 23. an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature
- 26. a temporary committee established for a limited time period for a special purpose.
- 27. a process that limits further consideration of pending proposal to thirty hours in order to end a filibuster
- 33. a public way of preventing a bill to be voted on in the senate debate
- 35. any bill except for debt bills and budget bills that increases or decrease the total revenues available for appropriation.
- 36. the ability to send mail by ones signature other than by postage
- 39. in a particular office
- 44. a committee the longest and have their party in charge automatically become the head of their committees