Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 2. Permanent Committees that do the work of Congress.
  2. 4. The current person who is in that office - or has been elected before.
  3. 7. Congresses main jobs is to pass ___________.
  4. 9. The people that a Congressmen or Congress Women represents
  5. 11. To end a filibuster the Senate must call for.
  6. 12. Congress has two houses - making it____________.
  7. 17. All bills having to do with _________ must start in the house
  8. 18. Congressional sessions are ____________ years.
  9. 20. The Junior Senator from Texas
  10. 21. A committee created to talk about the differences in a bill from the House and Senate
  11. 23. The top person in the House is known as
  12. 24. A ______________ is an area within their state that they are live in, and are elected to represent
  13. 25. A Senators term is this many years.
  14. 26. The divding up of the 435 members of Congress every 10 years to the states based on population changes.
  15. 28. A member of the House serves for this many years.
  16. 30. The side where represenation is equal
Down
  1. 1. Your Congressional Representative
  2. 3. The party with less members in the House of Senate is know as the ________________
  3. 5. The ability for a Senator to talk for as long as they want to try and delay the vote on a bill.
  4. 6. Congress can _____________ the President veto of a bill.
  5. 8. ___________ Committees are created for a certain need.
  6. 10. The drawing of congressional distrcits to favor one party or group of people
  7. 13. Jobs of Congress that are written in the Constitution specifically
  8. 14. The side made up of representation based on population
  9. 15. Items a representative works on for their Constituents are known as
  10. 16. The party with more members in the House or Senate is known as the ______________
  11. 18. Congress's ability to make sure the Executive Branch is carrying out the laws correctly
  12. 19. The process of redrawing Legislative lines every 10 years based on population
  13. 22. The top person in the Senate
  14. 27. The Senior Senator from Texas
  15. 29. Jobs that are not written specifically but are ________________ for Congress to do their other jobs