4.6; Congress At Work - Making Laws Crossword

A proposed law presented to the house or senate for consideration.
Deals with unusual and temporary matters.
Deals with matters where the house and senate must work together, without a president's signature.
Regularly referring to an adoption of a new law, or amendment to an existing rule.
A provision that will not normally pass on it's own, so it must piggyback on another provision
A bill that is buried, dies in committee.
Enables members of the committee to push a bill onto the floor that has remained in committee for 30 days.
Majority of the full membership of the house.
A bill, printed in it's final form.
An attempt made by congress to "talk the bill to death".
A limit to the debates.
Refusal by the president to sign a bill, returning it to the house.
Congress may pass a bill overriding the president's veto.
A senator known very well for his use of the filibuster, speaking for over 15 hours.
Set the individual record for a filibuster, talking for 24 hours and 18 minutes trying to deny the civil rights act of 1957.
Aptly described the conference committees as a "Third house of Congress".
Bills that contain many smaller issues.