Article I Review

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Across
  1. 2. Step 3: Where the full chamber debates and votes on the bill
  2. 3. Permanent committees that handle ongoing legislative business
  3. 7. Power to collect revenue that Congress possesses
  4. 8. Step 4: Where the bill goes after passing the first house
  5. 10. The legislative branch established by Article I is called _____
  6. 11. The _______ __ ______ clause allows Congress to make laws needed to carry out its powers
  7. 14. Special committees created for specific purposes or investigations
  8. 16. Process the House can use to charge President
  9. 17. Each state has how many Senators?
  10. 22. Minimum years of U.S. citizenship required for senators
  11. 24. The _______ signs a bill into law
  12. 27. Minimum age to serve in the Senate
  13. 28. Article one is the _______ _____
  14. 31. Representatives must be a ____ of the state they represent
  15. 32. Minimum years of U.S. citizenship required for House members
  16. 34. What both versions of a bill must be to go to the president
  17. 38. There is _____ _______ in the Senate (every state has the same)
  18. 39. Power to regulate trade between states given to Congress
  19. 40. Upper house of Congress
  20. 41. Members of the upper house are called _____
  21. 43. Nickname for the Necessary and Proper Clause
  22. 44. Type of powers specifically listed in Article I, Section 8
Down
  1. 1. _____ _ of the Constitution Established the Legislative Branch
  2. 4. Step 7: What the bill becomes when signed or override is successful
  3. 5. Step 1: Bill is placed in the hopper or presented to clerk
  4. 6. Step 5: Type of committee that resolves differences between versions
  5. 9. Step 2: Bill goes here for review, markup, and initial approval
  6. 12. Crime on the high seas that Congress can punish
  7. 13. Minimum age to serve in the House of Representatives
  8. 15. ______ _____ are not explicitly written in the Constitution, but are given to Congress in order to carry out laws
  9. 17. Supermajority needed in both houses to override a veto
  10. 18. A Bill starts out as an ____ a congressman hasa
  11. 19. What Congress can do to enact a law despite a presidential veto
  12. 20. Bills need a ______ vote in order to pass
  13. 21. Two-house structure of the legislative branch
  14. 23. Type of committee that resolves differences between House and Senate bills
  15. 25. Group that first reviews and studies a bill
  16. 26. If the President does not like a bill, he/she can ____ it
  17. 28. What a bill becomes when signed or when a veto is overridden
  18. 29. Lower House of Congress
  19. 30. Step 6: Who receives the final bill for signature or veto
  20. 33. Number of terms a member of Congress can serve (no constitutional limit)
  21. 35. Most bills are _____ in committee
  22. 36. Type of citizenship not required for Congress (unlike presidency)
  23. 37. What House and Senate members must be of the United States
  24. 42. Committees with members from both House and Senate