Congress Part 2

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Across
  1. 2. - a proposed bill
  2. 4. - debates and researches bills
  3. 6. - minimum number of representatives needed to vote on a bill
  4. 8. - Rules Committee puts bill on this after it gets out of committee
  5. 10. - along with Ways & Means, the most important committees in House
  6. 12. - measure passed by Congress that doesn't require presidential signature
  7. 14. - fills in as leader of Senate when Vice President is not present (3 words)
  8. 16. - interpretation based solely on expressed powers
  9. 19. - temporary committees in Congress
  10. 20. - powers granted in the Constitution
  11. 23. - committees used if two versions of same bill pass in Senate & House
  12. 25. - Article of the Constitution that deals with the Legislative Branch
  13. 28. - Congressional power to remove a president or judge
  14. 30. - first president to be impeached
  15. 31. - longest serving Speaker of the House
Down
  1. 1. - when is bill gets stuck in committee
  2. 3. - powers from the Necessary and Proper Clause
  3. 5. - most powerful member in the House of Representatives
  4. 7. - Supreme Court case that defended implied powers (McCulloch v ..)
  5. 9. - Congress can propose these with 2/3 vote
  6. 11. - unlimited debate in the Senate
  7. 13. - decides the presidential election if no one gets enough electoral votes
  8. 15. - leader of Senate according to the Constitution (two words)
  9. 17. - presidential refusal to sign a bill
  10. 18. - permanent committees in Congress
  11. 21. - first female Speaker of the House
  12. 22. - approves all treaties and presidential appointments
  13. 24. - can be used to stop a filibuster
  14. 26. - added to bill that is unrelated to it
  15. 27. - first Speaker of the House
  16. 29. - interpretation based on implied powers