Legislative Branch
Across
- 4. The process of drawing district lines in favor of a political party/candidate.
- 7. These are powers that are not clearly stated in the Constitution, which Congress has
- 9. What amount of votes is needed from both the House and the Senate to override a veto?
- 11. A term defining how Congress is made up of two houses/chambers
- 14. The House of Representatives is the only part of Congress that is allowed to propose bills about__________.
- 16. This role is the most powerful in all of Congress
Down
- 1. This type of bill has money added to it, to try to help the bill pass.
- 2. What is an example of checks and balances in the process of a bill becoming a law?
- 3. The Vice President is the_________ of the Senate.
- 5. This clause stretches or expands the power of Congress
- 6. This is the name of the process used to redistribute the number of seats in the House to each state, based upon the population
- 8. The House of Representatives is based upon what in each state?
- 10. This is the name of a tactic used by the Senate to prolong/end the vote on a bill.
- 12. What occurs every ten years in the country?
- 13. True or false, a Senator and member of the House must be a naturally born citizen to be in office?
- 15. The Senate allows each state to have_________ representation.