What Congress Does

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Across
  1. 4. type of voting method in which members stand and are counted
  2. 10. a division of a standing committee which specializes in a narrowly focused topic of a major committee
  3. 12. the function Congress performs when they check up on the Executive Branch to make sure they are carrying out the laws the way Congress intended
  4. 13. when a committee releases a bill out to the entire house floor for them to consider it
  5. 14. what happens to a bill when a committee ignores a bill and lets it die without being discussed
  6. 15. another name for a house of Congress
  7. 16. happens when the president kills a bill by refusing to make a decision on it within ten days and Congress has ended the session
  8. 17. the person responsible for collecting and numbering new bills and for making sure things run smoothly in Congress
  9. 20. type of voting method in which members call out their votes at the same time
  10. 22. where all of the actions/words spoken in Congress are written down
Down
  1. 1. a session at which a committee listens to testimony from people concerning a bill
  2. 2. a way to delay or prevent passage of a bill by continuing to talk instead of voting on a bill
  3. 3. the function Congress performs when they help their constituents interact with the government
  4. 5. a proposed law
  5. 6. another name for one of the permanent committees in Congress
  6. 7. presidential rejection of a bill
  7. 8. type of voting method is which all senators' names are called and they respond with their vote
  8. 9. when a committee asks government officials who will carry out a new law about the features of a new bill
  9. 11. what Congress can do if the president uses his veto on a bill
  10. 17. type of committee in which members from both houses of Congress meet to compromise on the language of a bill
  11. 18. type of voting method in which all members of the House vote electronically and their responses are indicated on large display panels
  12. 19. the group of people who determine what guidelines the House of Representatives must follow when debating a bill
  13. 21. when a committee makes changes to a bill