CHAPTER 5: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

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Across
  1. 5. Current House minority leader
  2. 9. Person from majority party in charge of each committee
  3. 12. Term length of senators
  4. 13. Age requirement to serve in the House of Representatives
  5. 17. Number of senators from each state
  6. 18. Approves presidential appointments to cabinet & Supreme Court
  7. 19. Current House majority leader
  8. 20. Number of representatives PA will have in House starting in 2022
  9. 21. When expenses surpass revenue it creates a ___
  10. 23. Expressed, or listed, powers
  11. 24. People who are represented by an elected official
  12. 26. The number of representatives that a state gets to elect is based on its ___
  13. 29. Current Senate minority leader
  14. 30. Your current PA state senator
  15. 32. Where a bill goes after it's written & introduced on the House/Senate floor
  16. 33. Most senior member of a committee that's from the minority party
  17. 34. Draft of a law
  18. 35. One of PA's senators
  19. 36. Branch of the federal gov. that makes laws
  20. 37. Changes Senate rules to only require a simple majority vote, instead of 60 votes
Down
  1. 1. Powerful clause that gives Congress ability to do something that isn't necessarily listed in the Constitution
  2. 2. Current PA governor
  3. 3. Only Congress has the power to ___
  4. 4. The largest amount of discretionary spending in the federal budget is for the Dept. of ___
  5. 6. Person who presides over the Senate when VP isn't present
  6. 7. Tactic for delaying vote on a bill
  7. 8. One of PA's senators
  8. 9. Current Senate majority leader
  9. 10. Number of terms a member of Congress may serve
  10. 11. Type of legislative body w/ two chambers
  11. 14. Way Congress can check the power of the president
  12. 15. Congress can ___ a president's veto w/ a 2/3 majority
  13. 16. House members represent people from a ____
  14. 22. End debate on a bill
  15. 25. Current Speaker of the House of Rep.
  16. 27. Part of Constitution that created Congress
  17. 28. Age requirement to serve in the Senate
  18. 31. Term for a permanent Congressional committee