The Legislative Branch

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  1. 3. If a Senator uses the debate on purpose to stall or stop them from voting on the bill
  2. 9. The two-body structure of the legislative branch is called
  3. 11. established an upper house and a lower
  4. 13. the first article of the Constitution created this branch
  5. 14. powers that are named
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  1. 1. You probably also know the legislative branch as...
  2. 2. This house has proportional representation
  3. 4. synonym of distributed
  4. 5. This house has equal representation
  5. 6. House members are elected by and represent the people in one area of their state
  6. 7. makes it possible for Congress to take whatever action is needed to make our country better and more secure
  7. 8. organized by topic and tasked with gathering information, reviewing and amending bills, keeping an eye on government operations, and making recommendations
  8. 10. powers that aren’t listed in the Constitution line for line, but that Congress needs in order to do its job.
  9. 12. Congress is broken into two bodies, sometimes called...