Across
- 3. State of the ______ Address - is an annual message delivered by the President of the United States to a joint session of Congress near the beginning of the calendar year to report on the current condition of the nation
- 5. ______ committee - permanent committee in a legislative body to which bills in a specified subject area are referred
- 6. ______ committee - legislative committee composed of members of both houses
- 9. a specific number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct business.
- 10. division of existing committee that is formed to address specific issues
- 12. assistants to the floor leaders in the House and Senate responsible for monitoring and marshaling votes.
- 13. ______ Branch - makes the laws
- 15. ______ caucus - a closed meeting of a party’s house or senate members
Down
- 1. ______ committee - legislative committee created for a limited time and for some specific purpose
- 2. a stalling tactic in which senators monopolize the Senate floor with talk and other delays so a bill cannot be brought to a vote.
- 4. ______ Committee - temporary joint committee created to reconcile any differences between the two houses’ versions of the bill.
- 7. a type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned when the chief executive does not sign or reject a bill within the time allowed to do so. (time is 10 days)
- 8. ______ chairman - member who heads a standing committee in a legislative body
- 11. a proposed law presented to a legislative body for its consideration.
- 14. Chief executive’s power to reject a bill passed by a legislature; Latin meaning “I forbid.”