Across
- 2. A meeting of all house members from a particular political party.
- 3. Documents meant to propose laws.
- 5. A position given to the most voted Senator of the majority party, like the Speaker of the House.
- 8. The spokesperson and most powerful member of the House, elected by the House members of the majority party.
- 9. Committees, formed from members of both the Senate and the House, meant to interpret things throughout both sides of Congress.
- 10. The process of redistributing seats of the House based on the newly collected census.
- 11. The end to a debate.
- 13. The action of redrawing state district lines for debatably unfair political advantage.
- 15. A ceremonial position, held by the Vice President of the U.S., meant to regulate debate in the Senate.
- 16. The assistant to the Speaker of the House ; also called the "Majority Leader."
Down
- 1. Basically the President of the Senate's backup, given to the Senator who's served the longest.
- 4. The idea that continuing to discuss a certain topic for as long as possible can prevent the topic's vote from reaching the light of day.
- 6. Specifically created committees created to cover certain things that aren't already covered by a committee.
- 7. Members of each political party whos job is to encourage the voting of particular leadership wants in the House.
- 12. House committees that go through and interpret proposed laws and regulations.
- 14. The concept that the seat of a Committee goes to the senior-most member.