Congress!

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Across
  1. 3. Last name of the president who avoided impeachment by resigning
  2. 5. assistance to low-income/ needy families
  3. 6. Party that currently controls a majority in both houses
  4. 8. Age requirement for a Senator (spell it out!)
  5. 9. Permanent committees are also called _____________committees.
  6. 13. The process of obtaining citizenship (and one of the powers of Congress)
  7. 14. The necessary and proper clause creates this kind of powers
  8. 15. A draft of a law, before it becomes a law.
  9. 16. Government medical insurance for the elderly
  10. 17. Someone running for reelection
  11. 22. when a member of Congress does what the people back home want he/she is behaving as a _______.
  12. 23. powers specifically listed in the Constitution
  13. 26. a legal order that can come from a committee, directing an individual to appear before the committee and/ or produce certain evidence
  14. 29. Another way to say trade (and one of the powers of Congress)
  15. 30. Similar to a copyright, this protects a discovery or invention
Down
  1. 1. Power held by Senate to "talk a bill to death"
  2. 2. Name of current President of Senate
  3. 4. affects illegal manipulation of district lines for the House of Representatives
  4. 7. Person in the majority or minority leadership who pressures party members on voting decisions
  5. 10. When a president kills a bill but doesn't veto it directly
  6. 11. A provision attached to a bill that would be unlikely to pass on its own
  7. 12. This rule can end debate in the Senate
  8. 15. Means two houses of Congress
  9. 18. The money our government owes, which totals $18 trillion.
  10. 19. Period of time in which Congress conducts their business and are in Washington D.C.
  11. 20. The ability to send mail for free is the _______ privilege.
  12. 21. This rule says that Congressmen with more experience will get better positions in the leadership and committee roles
  13. 24. Number of years a Senator serves in a term
  14. 25. Has 100 members and has the power to approve treaties and presidential appointments
  15. 26. Title for the top leader of the House
  16. 27. when a member of Congress votes based on his/ her own beliefs and opinions on a bill
  17. 28. lying under oath