Vocabulary - Legislative Branch Crossword

A part of the U.S Congress that represents population, and its members are directly elected by the people.
An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals every 10 years.
Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination. Happens every 10 years.
The process of redrawing legislative districts.
To draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in an election.
One of the chambers of Congress in which every state has 2 members, called Senators. The Senate consists of 100 Senators. Each Senator serves for a term of 6 years. The requirements to become a Senator are one must be at least 30 years of age, a citizen of the U.S. for 9 years, and a resident of the state that they’re representing.
The current owner of an office the holder of an office or post.
The people that a representative represents.
A private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office.
The principal leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives or the Senate.
The principal partisan ally of the Speaker of the House or the party’s wheel horse in the Senate. They are responsible for scheduling bills, influencing committee assignments, and rounding up votes in behalf of the party’s legislative positions.
The leader of a party in a legislative assembly.
All parties have whips whose main functions are to act as administrative officers to their parliamentary parties.
A draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.
The minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.
A filibuster in the United States Senate is a dilatory or obstructive tactic used in the United States Senate to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote. The most common form of filibuster occurs when one or more senators attempts to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure.
A procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote. A three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate a debate.
Standing: Deals with permanent legislative concern. Most common Joint: Permanently formed and consisting of members of both houses. Conducts tasks of joint interest of both houses. Select: Temporary. Created for a specific purpose. Investigations or studies. Conference: A common type of committee temporarily formed to iron out the differences between similar bills.
A period of time during which legislature meets to conduct business.
AKA enumerated powers. Powers that are specifically granted to the Federal Government, as stated in the Constitution.
AKA Elastic Clause-The powers of Congress have been extended through the elastic clause of the Constitution, which states that Congress can make all laws that are “necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties.
Powers not specifically written down but are given to the government to help them carry out expressed powers.
Latin for: “May you have this body” is a legal action that requires a person who had been arrested or imprisoned to be brought to a judge or into court.
A legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial.
A law that makes a crime of an act that was legal when committed.
Bills that levy taxes, for the purpose of raising revenue for the state/nation, thus acquiring the name revenue bills.
Bills that are passed regularly each financial year to appropriate money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) to provide funds for government and parliament expenditure.