Legislative Branch.

4. a proposed law being considered by a lawmaking body.
8. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
9. the political party that has fewer members in Congress or in a state legislature.
11. a permanent House or Senate committee that considers bills in a certain area.
12. the official who presides over the Senate in the vice president's absence.
15. a limit on the debate of a bill in the Senate.
17. a way in which the president can reject a bill, when Congress is not in session, by not signing it.
18. a meeting of Congress. Begins each year on January 3rd.
20. a formal charge brought against a government official.

1. the political party that has more members in Congress or in a state legislature.
2. must be 30 years old and a citizen for 9 years.
3. a method of delaying action on a bill in the Senate by making long speeches.
5. a small group in Congress formed to consider bills.
6. the presiding officer of the House of Representatives.
7. power of the president to deny a bill.
10. Leader of the senate.
13. a division of a standing congressional committee that deals with specific issues in the area handled by the committee as a whole.
14. Money that individuals and businesses pay to support the activities of government.
16. a law.
19. Party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party.