Ch. 11 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) An alliance between Republicans and conservative Democrats.2) Made up of representatives and senators appointed to resolve differences in the Senate and House versions of the same piece of legislation before final passage.3) The ability of members of Congress to mail letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their facsimile signature for postage.5) An association of members of Congress created to advocate a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest.8) A bill that has lots of riders.9) An expression of opinion either in the HR or the Senate to settle housekeeping or procedural matters in either body. Such expression are not signed by the president and do not have the force of law.10) A congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees that consider it simultaneously in whole or in part. For instance, the 1988 trade bill was considered by 14 committees in the House and nine in the Senate simultaneously.12) A legislative bill that deals only with specific, private, personal, or local matters rather than with general legislative affairs. The main kinds include immigration and naturalization bills and personal claims bills.14) An order from the House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the legislative floor.17) An expression of congressional opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the House and Senate but not of the president. Used to settle housekeeping and procedural matters that affect both houses.18) An amendment on a matter unrelated to a bill that is added to the bill so that it will 'ride' to passage through the Congress.19) A formal expression of congressional opinion that must be approved by both houses of Congress and by the president. Joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment need not be signed by the president.20) A Senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking, rounds up members when important votes are to be taken, and attempts to keep a nose count on how the voting on controversial issues is likely to go.21) Districts in which incumbents win by margins of 55% or more.22) A legislative bill that deals with matters of general concern. A bill involving defense expenditures is a public bill; a bill pertaining to an individual's becoming a naturalized citizen is not.25) An attempt to use taxes and expenditures to affect the economy.29) Mutual aid among politicians, whereby one legislator supports another's pet project in return for the latter's support of his. Across: 4) A congressional voting procedure in which members shout 'yea" in approval or "nay" in disapproval: allows members to vote quickly or anonymously on bills.6) A procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business.7) The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress.8) A rule used by the Senate to end or limit debate. Designed to prevent "talking a bill to death" by filibuster. For a bill to pass in the Senate, three-fifths of the entire Senate membership (or 60 senators) must vote for it.10) Political districts in which candidates elected to the HR win in close elections, typically with less than 55% of the vote.11) A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts. The US Congress is a bicameral legislature composed of the Senate and the HR.13) Committees on which both representatives and senators serve. An especially important kind of joint committee is the conference committee.15) Permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area. Examples are the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.16) An order from the House Rules Committee that permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the legislative floor.21) Congressional committees appointed for a limited time and purpose.23) The legislative leader elected by party members holding the majority of seats in the HR or the Senate.24) A congressional process by which a Speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting, or may refer parts of a bill to separate committees.26) A congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted.27) A calling of the roll in either house of Congress to see whether the number of representatives in attendance meets the minimum number required to conduct official business.28) A congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "yea" or "nay" to their names.30) Legislation that gives tangible benefits (highways, dams, post offices) to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.31) An order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on debate and forbids a particular bill from being amended on the legislative floor.32) A device which any member of the House, after a committee has had a bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor. If a majority of the members agree, the bill is discharged from the committee. The discharged petition was designed to prevent a committee from killing a bill by holding it for too long.33) A congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, the "yeas" first and then the "nays."34) A vote in which a majority of Democratic legislators oppose a majority of Republican legislators.35) The legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the HR or the Senate.
 

 

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