Congress -- The Legislative Branch

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  1. 3. A Congressional leader who is responsible for getting party members to vote the way the party wants
  2. 6. A committee that includes House members and senators
  3. 8. A meeting of all the House members of one party
  4. 10. Petitioning a court for this writ safeguards Americans from being unlawfully jailed
  5. 12. A bill that sets aside money for a specific purpose
  6. 14. Proposed laws
  7. 16. Redistributing the House seats among the states after a census counts the population
  8. 17. A tax levied on someone but passed along to another person for payment (often included in the final price of a product)
  9. 19. A special committee created to carry out a specific task not already covered by an existing committee
  10. 21. The Necessary and Proper Clause is the source of these
  11. 22. A law that punishes someone without a trial
  12. 23. Gives Congress the power to regulate interstate economic activity
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  1. 1. A House leader who helps manage the actions and strategy of a party
  2. 2. Congress' power to investigate the other branches of government
  3. 4. The power to charge executive and judicial branch members with wrongdoing
  4. 5. The most powerful member of the House
  5. 7. Becoming a citizen
  6. 9. Drawing district boundaries to increase one party's political power
  7. 11. Distribution of House seats among the states based upon population
  8. 13. A paper that requires someone to testify as a witness, or to provide documents
  9. 15. Address major areas of legislation, such as agriculture or the budget or the armed services
  10. 18. A law that makes a prior action illegal, even though it was legal when it occurred
  11. 20. The people who live within one House member's district