Government and Economics

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Across
  1. 5. A small group of people leads the government.
  2. 9. Representatives of groups that seek to influence laws and policies.
  3. 10. One person leads the government and his word is final.
  4. 11. A period of time and elected official serves for.
  5. 13. Groups of congressmen brought together to study/investigate a bill.
  6. 14. The majority of members in a house needed to conduct business.
  7. 16. The collective term for America's two legislative bodies.
  8. 18. The first paragraph of the Constitution.
  9. 19. A technique used to prevent a vote in the Senate.
Down
  1. 1. A congressman/woman serving in the House of Representatives.
  2. 2. A King or Queen leads the government.
  3. 3. How the president indirectly rejects a bill.
  4. 4. The most common form of proposed legislation. If passed, becomes a law.
  5. 6. How the president rejects a bill.
  6. 7. A movement exalting human reason as the best basis for understanding.
  7. 8. The first government system of the U.S.
  8. 12. The practice of drawing oddly-shaped district lines for political advantage.
  9. 15. A government of all the people who take part in passing laws and other aspects of government.
  10. 17. Voting citizens have sovereignty in the government.
  11. 20. A congressman/woman serving in the Senate.