Legislative Branch
Across
- 4. the same thing as Expressed Powers
- 7. years of service
- 9. to accuse an official of misconduct
- 10. to change or alter
- 13. Powers given to Congress that are not directly stated in the Constitution
- 14. to happen to take place
- 15. in the House or Senate, the party with fewer than half of the voting members
Down
- 1. the lower House of Congress; representatives based on population
- 2. to manage or control
- 3. the most powerful part of the US Government
- 5. the upper House of Congress; 2 members elected from each state
- 6. Powers Congress is specifically given in the Constitution;
- 8. checks and __________ are a way to make sure all parts of the government are doing as they are supposed to do
- 11. means two chambers
- 12. Rhode Island did this to the first Continential Congress
- 15. this is the party that has more than half of the voting members in the House and the Senate