ch 10 the congress JS

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Across
  1. 2. lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party
  2. 6. The framers factored a bicameral congress in order that one house might act as a check on the other
  3. 7. what amendment provided that the members of the senate were to be chosen by the state legislatures
  4. 8. all of its seats are never up for election at the same time
  5. 12. the framers had to create a two-chambered body to settle the conflict between Virginia and the New Jersey Plans
  6. 13. how many years is a senators term
  7. 15. those congressional elections that occur in the nonpresidential years
  8. 16. the people and interest the senators represent are designed to have much the same effect
  9. 19. how old must a senator be to be elected
  10. 21. elected from the state as a whole rather than from a particular district
Down
  1. 1. how many members are in the House of Representatives.
  2. 3. people that believe that each question they face must be decided on its merits
  3. 4. voters of each district elect one of the state's representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the hosue from that district
  4. 5. how many members are in the senate
  5. 9. has two legislatures made up of two houses
  6. 10. they have been drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the state's legislature
  7. 11. people who attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee,delegate, ad partisan roles
  8. 14. a well known benefit that allows them to mail letters and other materials postage free by substituting their facisimile signature for the postage
  9. 17. a vital part of their commitee work involves this
  10. 18. how many years does each term of Congress last
  11. 20. The British parliament had consisted of 2 houses since the 1300s