Congress Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. when parties disagree and nothing can get passed
  2. 4. meeting within a group of like-minded people
  3. 6. when president overturns a bill
  4. 8. represent interest groups. Write bills and try to get legislation passed
  5. 10. most powerful member of senate
  6. 13. redistributing and drawing boundaries so that one party's representation is favored in Congress
  7. 14. temporary group
  8. 18. leader of the smallest party
  9. 19. personally serving an individual constituent
  10. 20. permanent group
  11. 21. people you represent as a member of Congress
  12. 22. Not mentioned in the constitution, but hinted at
  13. 23. gives advice. Writes speeches, helps write bills
  14. 24. when committees change or tamper with bills
  15. 25. the longer someone is in office, the more power they have in Congress
  16. 26. keeps track of gov. spending
  17. 27. person who tries to make you vote along party lines
  18. 31. spending bills
  19. 34. a bill attached to a main bill which is more likely to get passed
  20. 35. people who work directly for you
  21. 36. 51 votes needed to end a filibuster
  22. 37. determines projected effect of budget changes on the economy
  23. 38. congress can force an individual to come and testify
  24. 40. speaker decides that a bill won't be debated on
Down
  1. 1. minimum number of members to be present in order to vote
  2. 2. I'll vote for your bill if you vote for mine
  3. 5. 85% of the federal budget isn't touched
  4. 7. putting a bill aside and never returning to it
  5. 9. runs your office, supervises your schedule, deals with lobbyists
  6. 11. tax bills
  7. 12. a right to something
  8. 15. anything explicitly stated in the constitution
  9. 16. work for committee instead of individual people. Researching, assisting.
  10. 17. counting the population every 10 years
  11. 28. call in witnesses to testify before a committee
  12. 29. when the session of congress ends before a president touches a bill (the last ten days)
  13. 30. head of a committee
  14. 32. type of lobbyists. People with common interests pool their resources together.
  15. 33. bills first go here, a smaller group from a committee
  16. 39. what a piece of legislation is called before it becomes a law