4.6 Vocabulary: "Congress at Work- Making Laws" Crossword

A provision not likely to pass on its own merit that is attached to an important measure certain to pass
Type of calendar for petitions to discharge bills from committee
Type of calendar for all bills from the Union of the House Calendar taken out of order by unanimous consent
A stalling tactic by which a minority of senators seeks to delay or prevent Senate action
A majority of the full membership must be present in order for the House to do business
Limiting debate
Bills that often deal with unusual or temporary matters
Most of the bills introduced in Congress are buried, put away, or simply never acted upon
Allows members to force a bill for consideration that has been in committee for 30 days
A proposed law presented to Congress for consideration
A type of veto used when the chief executive does not sign or eject the bill within the time allowed to do so
Where one bill contains numerous issues and topics
Type of calendar for all private bills
This person stalled by reading recipes from the Washington telephone directory for more than 15 hours
Bills that deals with a position on matters in which both the House and Senate act jointly
Type of calendar for bills having to do with revenues, appropriations, or government property
This person set the current filibuster record for 24 hours and 18 minutes stall against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Deal with matters concerning either house individually and are taken up only by that body
Refusal to sign
Type of calendar for all other public bills
When a bill is printed in its final form