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2. - Consisting of two houses, as in lawmaking body.
5. - A bill approving the spending of extra public money.
8. - Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Congress; known also as the “necessary and proper” clause that allows Congress to extend its delegated powers.
9. - A refusal by the president or a governor to sign a bill.
12. - Meetings of Congress.
13. - A means by which the president can reject a bill, when Congress is not in session, by not signing it.
14. - Process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party.

1. - A law.
3. - To be distributed, as in the seats in the House of Representatives.
4. - A method of delaying action on a bill in the senate by making long speeches.
6. - Powers not specifically granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution that are suggested to be necessary to carry out the powers delegated to Congress under the Constitution.
7. - Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party’s candidates for public office.
10. - A limit on the debate of a bill in the Senate.
11. - Proposed law being considered by a lawmaking body.