The Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 6. Term length of a Senator
  2. 8. Combined with members of the House and Senate on a temporary issue
  3. 9. Plan which created the guidelines for the House of Representatives
  4. 10. Plan which created the guidelines for the Senate
  5. 12. Helps manage the actions and strategy of the the party in the House.
  6. 13. Amendment which allowed for citizens to vote for Senators
  7. 14. Powers of congress to raise and collect taxes, borrow money, declare war, and coin money.
  8. 16. Informs the other party members to vote as party leadership wants.
  9. 17. Number of years a Representative must be a US citizen
  10. 19. Permanent committees in both the House and Senate
  11. 20. Head of the House of Representatives
  12. 22. Voters in a state that are represented by their elected official
  13. 23. Amendment which gives congress permission to collect income taxes
  14. 24. Has 100 members; Equal number of senators per state.
  15. 26. Head of the Senate
Down
  1. 1. Takes a narrower focus than a committee
  2. 2. Another term for the initiation of revenue bills
  3. 3. Has 435 members; Number of representatives per state is based on population
  4. 4. Committee created to carry out specific tasks not already covered by existing committee, such as investigations.
  5. 5. Two-house legislature
  6. 7. Seats in the House redistributed based on the results of the census.
  7. 11. Performed every 10 years and determines the number of representatives per state.
  8. 15. Floor leader of the minority party
  9. 18. Head of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President
  10. 21. Term length of a Representative
  11. 25. Number of years a Senator must be a US citizen