Legislative Branch Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. Years in the term of a Senator
- 3. Rules that govern society
- 5. Years a Senator must have been a citizen
- 8. Members represent the entire state
- 9. Congress meets in the U.S. ___________ building
- 11. Years in the term of a Representative
- 13. Congress may ______a vetoed law
- 15. Another name for a "house" in Congress
- 16. This chamber of Congress 435 representatives
- 17. Laws about ______ must begin in the House
- 20. Number of votes needed to override a veto
- 23. Reason states have different numbers of representatives in the House
- 24. Which court can rule that laws are unconstitutional?
- 25. Made of two chambers or houses
- 26. Years a Representative must have been a citizen
Down
- 1. Members of the House serve specific sections of their states called ____________
- 3. Verb that means "to make laws"
- 4. Another name for a lawmaker
- 6. Official count of the population that occurs every 10 years
- 7. President's ability to reject a law
- 10. The Senate has the power to approve or reject presidential ___________
- 11. Length of time served in an elected position
- 12. Members of Congress must be legal members of the country
- 14. May break a tie vote in the Senate
- 18. National lawmaking body of the United States
- 19. A proposed law
- 21. which article describes the legislative branch?
- 22. Leader of the House of Representatives