Ch 10 Congress
Across
- 4. Only a fraction of its seats up for election at any one time, the Senate is the sole_______ in Congress.
- 5. An emergency may prompt the President to call a _____________ of Congress
- 7. Congress must meet formally at least twice during each_____ to carry out the business of lawmaking.
- 10. How old do you have to be in order to be a member of the House?
- 13. Senators are elected for _________ year terms
- 14. States with only one member in the House of Representatives use the ________ system to elect their representative.
- 16. seats in the House of Representatives are ________among the states according to their populations.
Down
- 1. The regular period of time which Congress conducts business.
- 2. few members of congress today are _________.
- 3. Voters choose among candidates running exclusively in their districts under the ________ system of election.
- 6. Compensation for the Senate and the House is ______
- 8. The ___________ establishes the number of Senate seats each state gets.
- 9. The total number of seats in the House is _____ by the constitution.
- 11. How long do you need to be a citizen to serve in the Senate?
- 12. Gerrymandering generally takes place at the ________ level.
- 15. How many members does each state get in the Senate?
- 17. do you need to live in the congressional district you represent in congress?