State Government Legislature

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Across
  1. 1. title given to the state legislature
  2. 3. is elected by the senate for when the Lieutenant governor is absent
  3. 7. means that every member of each house of the legislature must represent about the same number of people
  4. 9. branch that makes laws
  5. 11. are basic laws by which governments operate
  6. 12. part of the legislature that is composed of 94 people
  7. 16. created a whole new plan of government that separates the powers of government into National and State governments
  8. 18. powers shared by both the national and state governments
  9. 20. is the rearrangement of state districts
  10. 21. the first ten amendments
  11. 22. the presiding officer of each house of legislature
  12. 24. two house legislature containing a house of representatives and the senate
Down
  1. 2. party that has more elected members, and therefore has more votes
  2. 4. term used to describe the task of seeing that powers and money are used the way the legislature intended them to be used when the laws were passed
  3. 5. branch that enforces laws
  4. 6. part of the legislature that is composed of 47 people
  5. 8. a proposal made by the people to change a state amendment
  6. 10. called the President of the Senate
  7. 13. powers given to the states
  8. 14. powers given to the National Government
  9. 15. branch that interprets the laws
  10. 17. is the Capital of North Dakota
  11. 19. means that both the state senate and the state house of representatives must pass the proposal
  12. 23. how many years senators and representatives are elected fo