Congress 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsUS PoliticsUniversityOther Created by: Emily LunnonCreated on: 02-10-15 16:46 83527611049 Across 1. Who says ' the Senate majority leader lacks amny of the institutional tools the Speaker of the House possesses. Majorities simply cannot work their will the way they can in the House'? (8) 4. Who argues that Senators are able to negotiate earmarks in their favour and therefore are more likely to toe the party line? (7) 6. Who argues that the House, despite variations in party, committee, seniority and other structures is foremost an institution governed by majority rule? (8) 7. Who argues that 'without a fellow partisan in the White House, majority party leaders in Congress have much more freedom and flexibility than they might enjoy under unified government'? (5) 8. Who says that the House has long been the more highly structured and rules-driven of the two-chambers? (7, 3, 5) 9. What fraction of all filibusters have happened in the last 30 years? (3, 6) Down 2. Which Senate leader said: 'I am not a king and I have no princes'? (4, 9) 3. Who likens the majority party in the legislative chamber to a coalition government in a parliamentary regime... it takes work to hold the disparate elements of such a coalition together'? (3, 3, 9) 5. Who says that 'the speakership - its power, style and role - is variable over time'? (6) 10. Who asserts that an opposition leader 'would be hard put to it to find anyone with a claim to national party leadership superior to his own' in a divided government? (5, 5)
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