Congress: The Legislative Branch

5. Petitioning a court for this writ safeguards Americans from being unlawfully jailed
7. The most powerful member of the House
10. Address major areas of legislation, such as agriculture or budget or the armed services
14. Redistribution of House seats every 10 years after the census counts the population
15. A tax levied on someone but passed along to another person for payment (often included in the final price of a product)
16. Distribution of House seats among the states based upon population
18. Becoming a citizen
19. Proposed laws
20. The people who live within one House member's district
21. Gives Congress the power to regulate interstate economic activity

1. A House leader who helps manage the actions and strategy of a party
2. The power to charges executive and judicial branch members with wrongdoing
3. A Congressional leader who is responsible for getting party members to vote the way the party wants
4. Is the source of Congress' implied powers
6. A specially-created committee to carry out a task not already covered by an existing committee
8. Congress' power to investigate the other branches of government
9. A bill that sets aside money for a specific purpose
11. Drawing district boundaries in a way that maximizes one party's political power
12. A paper that requires someone to testify as a witness, or to provide documents
13. A meeting of all the House members of one party
17. A law that makes a prior action illegal, even though it was legal when it occurred