Legislative Branch Crossword

a two-chamber legislature
meetings
complete count of a population, including place of residence
the prprocess of reassigning representation based on population, after every census
to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete
to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
a vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions
elected official who is already in office
a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
an event held before an election where members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, where they will also vote to nominate a candidate
states the decision of the court
an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature
a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president
a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar
motions placed on a bill in the Senate that alert party leaders that if unanimous consent were to be sought, they would object
a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility
a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the House or Senate
a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee
the people who work directly for individual senators and representatives