Legislative Branch Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a potential law proposed by a member of Congress
  2. 7. people, usually paid by interest groups, who promote their ideas and opinions to Congress
  3. 9. act of accusing an elected official of a crime
  4. 10. group of people with similar opinions and a goal of obtaining political power
  5. 11. lower house of the Legislative Branch; 435 members
  6. 13. having two houses
  7. 14. survey to determine the population
  8. 16. president of the Senate
  9. 17. organizations of people with similar opinions who try to influence policy
  10. 18. highest ranking member of the majority political party
Down
  1. 1. highest ranking member of the minority political party
  2. 3. branch of government responsible for making laws
  3. 4. elected leader of the House of Representatives
  4. 5. an individual already in a political office who is running for re-election
  5. 6. upper house of the Legislative Branch; 100 members
  6. 8. long speech by a member of the Senate designed to kill or delay a vote on a bill
  7. 12. a bill that has been passed by Congress and signed by the President
  8. 15. voting member of a community