Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Private meetings held by each of the political parties to choose leaders
  2. 5. A Strategy of delaying a bill by "talking it to death"
  3. 7. A law that sentences a person to jail without a trial
  4. 8. Process where the person with the most experience gets the nest positions in Congress
  5. 9. The people who live in a Congress persons district
  6. 12. To distribute or divide (seats in the House
  7. 14. A formal disapproval of a congress persons actions
  8. 15. A limit on debate of a bill in the Senate\
  9. 18. Free mail for Congress people
  10. 19. Legal protection
  11. 20. The most powerful position in the House of Reps.
  12. 21. President of the Senate "for the time being"
  13. 23. Permanent committees in Congress
  14. 25. The political party with the most seats in each of the 2 houses of Congress
  15. 29. Having a majority of members present in Congress to do business
  16. 30. Another name for the Majority leader
  17. 31. An act that betrays or endangers the country
  18. 32. Limits/Limiting the length of time an elected official can serve
  19. 33. Another name for a law
  20. 34. When a member of congress has to give up their seat because they broke the law
Down
  1. 1. Small group meeting in Congress where work on bills is done
  2. 2. 2 of these for each term of Congress(meetings of Congress)
  3. 4. A law that applies to an action that took place before it was against the law
  4. 6. Allows Congress to "stretch" its powers
  5. 10. It means you can't be held in jail forever without formal charges being brought against you
  6. 11. Name given to the person who tries to persuade others to vote for a bill
  7. 13. Drawing of voting districts to favor one particular party
  8. 16. Another name for Legislative Branch
  9. 17. the party in Congress with the fewest seats
  10. 19. The powers Congress claims under the elastic clause.
  11. 22. Each memeber of Congress votes individually when their name is called
  12. 24. Process of bringing formal charges against an elected official in the House of Reps
  13. 26. A bill approving the spending of money by Congress
  14. 27. Another way the President can veto a law
  15. 28. A proposed law