AP Gov Vocab Chapter 3 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1)  amendments that are directly relevant to the bill. 2) giving one committee priority to review a bill before others. 3) expenditures required by law for certain programs. 4)  top of the power pyramid in the House of Representatives.7) drafts crime bills that define illegal behavior and outline appropriate punishments. 8) temporary president of the Senate when Vice-President is not there, usually most senior member of the majority party. 9) keeps a tally of votes among his or her party members. 10) Constitutional amendment that gave the people of the state the right to elect their senators. 11) representatives from each party in the house of representatives that lead debate among their party and guide the discussion from their side of the aisle. 12)  created temporarily to iron out differences on bills that passed each house but in slightly different forms. 16) process by which the bill is altered in a conference committee. 17) more of a state of operation in which the House rules are relaxed than an actual committee. Allows for longer debate among fewer people, and allows members to vote as a group rather than in an individual roll call. 20) groups of Congressmen that unite around a particular belief. 21) so much congestion of opposing forces that nothing can move forward. 22) illogical district lines drawn to give the advantage to one party. 25) when members of Congress try to send federal dollars back to their district. 26) gives the president 48 hours in which to engage in urgent combat without informing Congress. 27)  limited number of specific powers assigned Congress.28) committees formed for some particular, typically short-lived purpose. 30) districts with closer elections. 31)  permanent committees focused on a particular subject and authorized under the rules of each house. 32)  trading votes to gain support for a bill. 34) funds directed to a very specific purpose. 38) the member who introduces a bill and assumes authorship. 39) money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt. Across: 5)  districts in which a party consistently wins by more than 55 percent of the vote. 6) charging a person with offenses so serious that they are determined to be "treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors". 13)  requires three-fifths of Senators to close up or stop debate on a bill and call for a vote. 14) when Congress ensures that executive branch agencies are carrying out the policy or program as defined by Congress. 15) measure to stall a bill. 18) when a bill grows to a mammoth size and addresses multiple programs. 19) a tax the government levies on the transfer of property when someone dies, typically paid by someone who inherits a very large sum of money 23) Supreme Court case that established "one person-one vote" principle that greatly expanded democratic participation and the voting rights of minorities. 24)  Supreme Court case that established that congressional districts designed for the purposes of assuring a majority one race population violates Fourteenth Amendment. 29) when state legislatures alter congressional district maps to reflect population changes determined by the US Census. 33) to stall or even kill a bill by speaking for an extremely long time. 35)  difference between spending and revenue. 36) a committee whose primary purpose is to assign fellow party members to other committees, and it also advises party leaders on policy. 37) distribution of US congressional seats according to changes in the census figures. 38) a committee whose primary purpose is to assign fellow party members to other committees, and it also advises party leaders on policy. 40) rules on Senate procedure, organizes Senate, and votes in place of a tie, usually the Vice-President. 41) sets the legislative calendar for the Senate, determines which bills reach the floor for debate. 42) additional bills that ride onto an often unrelated bill (Senate). 43)  when members of Congress try to use their best judgment, regardless of how constituents may view an issue, when voting.
 

 

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