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