Texas Legislature Crossword

For a legislative body, divided into two chambers or houses
The practice of drawing electoral districts in such a way as to advantage one party or one faction.
A means by which an individual senator can delay a committee hearing on a bill at least forty-eight hours.
A legislator's doing favors for constituents, such as solving a problem
A designated area geographic area from which only one representative is elected.
A temporary joint committee of both houses of a legislature in which representatives attempt to reconcile the differences in two versions of a bill.
In a legislative body, the amount of time spent in continuous service in one house or committee.
Turning over public programs to the private sector to implement
To reallocate legislative seats by adding seats to areas with heavy growth and taking away seats from areas without growth
The governor's constitutional power to strike out individual items in an appropriations bill.
The designation of geographic area that are nearly equal in population for the purpose of electing legislators.
The proportion of the legislature that consist of first-term members because previous members retired, died or defeated during the polls.
The supervision of the activities of state administration agencies, increasing efficiency, doing more with less.
An effort to kill a bill in legislature by unlimited debate, it is possible in Texas and U.S Senators, but not in the House of Representatives.
Two years