Legislative Branch

4. general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters
7. the legal process by which citizens of the country become citizens of another
8. proposed laws presented to a legislative body consideration
12. people with authority to represent others at a conference or convention
13. period of time each year during which Congress assembles and conducts business
15. lawmakers who vote based on their conscience and judgment
16. lawmakers who attempt to balance the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles
17. the act of lying under oath

1. the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group
2. redistribute, as in seats in a legislative body
3. two year period of time during which Congress meets
4. the people and interests that an elected office represents
5. a person who inherits a title or office
6. the current office holder
9. distributed, as in seats in a legislative body
10. lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party and vote according to the party line
11. a part of the U.S. that is not a state and has it's own system of government
14. to bring formal charges against a public official