The Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 5. Head of the House of Representatives
  2. 6. Has 435 members; Number of representatives per state is based on population
  3. 9. Voters in a state that are represented by their elected official
  4. 10. Amendment which allowed for citizens to vote for Senators
  5. 15. Combined with members of the House and Senate on a temporary issue
  6. 16. Informs the other party members to vote as party leadership wants.
  7. 18. Head of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President
  8. 20. Term length of a Representative
  9. 21. Two-house legislature
  10. 22. Number of years a Senator must be a US citizen
  11. 23. Has 100 members; Equal number of senators per state.
Down
  1. 1. Floor leader of the minority party
  2. 2. Helps manage the actions and strategy of the the party in the House.
  3. 3. Performed every 10 years and determines the number of representatives per state.
  4. 4. Another term for the initiation of revenue bills
  5. 7. Permanent committees in both the House and Senate
  6. 8. Term length of a Senator
  7. 10. Powers of congress to raise and collect taxes, borrow money, declare war, and coin money.
  8. 11. Plan which created the guidelines for the House of Representatives
  9. 12. Seats in the House redistributed based on the results of the census.
  10. 13. Number of years a Representative must be a US citizen
  11. 14. Head of the Senate
  12. 17. Plan which created the guidelines for the Senate
  13. 19. Amendment which gives congress permission to collect income taxes