The Difference Between the House and Senate
Across
- 3. The Senate receives all of its authority from the _____________.
- 4. Both Houses of Congress can send _____ to the floor of each house for consideration.
- 5. Representatives must be a _______ for seven years.
- 8. Congress, not the President, has the power to declare _____.
- 13. number of years each House of Representative is elected to serve.
- 15. The branch of government congress falls into.
- 17. This power is a Constitutional "annotation" of sorts for Congress, for example: the right to collect taxes.
- 18. The ________ of the House is appointed by the majority party in control.
- 19. This person is considered the "president" of the Senate.
- 21. Each state has two representative seats in the _____.
Down
- 1. Article 1, Section 8 gives Congress any "means which are appropriate" to perform its _______ duties.
- 2. The number of seats a state has in the House of Representatives is based on its _________.
- 4. A two-room system of our government, each having their own rules and responsibilities.
- 6. Our government was formed to take into consideration both small states and _____ states, so they would all have a say in federal government rulings.
- 7. Impeachment requires ________ majority vote by the Senate.
- 9. The Senate is allowed to _____ on the floor, at some length.
- 10. Representatives must ______ in the state they represent.
- 11. This type of power isn't stipulated by the Constitution but rather inferred by Supreme Court rulings.
- 12. The House of Representative has the sole power of ________, the ability to remove officers of the current administration.
- 14. The ______ of representatives in the House of Representatives is 435.
- 16. Number of years a state Senator is elected to serve.
- 20. Congress is made up of _____ distinct groups.