Chapter 4- Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 1. Term for Congressional leader responsible for counting votes
  2. 5. Counting of the American population every ten years
  3. 7. Term for period between a November election and January new term for Congress members who lose
  4. 10. Term for a huge bill containing many different topics
  5. 11. Legislative body with 100 members
  6. 14. Term for redistributing Congressional seats to account for population changes in Census
  7. 17. All Congressional districts must be this, meaning connected
  8. 18. Term for politician currently holding a position
  9. 19. Length of term for member of House of Representatives
  10. 20. Leader of the House of Representatives
  11. 22. This type of committee is made up of both members of House and Senate to resolve differences in a bill
  12. 23. Bills relating to this topic MUST originate in the House, not the Senate
Down
  1. 2. Term for Congress voting to remove a president
  2. 3. Procedure in the Senate that requires 60 votes for most legislation to proceed
  3. 4. This committee known as the "traffic cop" of the House
  4. 6. Group who appointed Senators until the 17th Amendment
  5. 8. Term for the voters who a legislator represents
  6. 9. Necessary and Proper Clause (Article 1, Section 8) is typically known as this:
  7. 12. Type of Constitutional powers given to federal govt.
  8. 13. Formal term for the end of a session of Congress
  9. 15. Term for Congressional elections NOT during a presidential election cycle
  10. 16. Term for minimum number of legislators present in order to hold a vote
  11. 21. Term for drawing Congressional districts to favor one political party