The Legislative branch

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  1. 1. With this, Congress can make laws that the Constitution doesn't give authority for
  2. 5. Making a long speech to prevent legislation
  3. 7. Congress has power over trade activities between states and foreign countries
  4. 9. The law of becoming a U.S Citizen
  5. 11. The powers granted to the national government
  6. 16. The legislative leader selected by the majority party
  7. 17. A law sent to the legislative branch for review
  8. 22. The relations between sovereign states
  9. 24. Where a bill can be reviewed in more detail
  10. 25. Agreements between nations
  11. 26. Powers granted to the U.S government that are not specifically stated in the Constitution
  12. 28. The upper chamber of Congress
  13. 36. This grants Congress the right to pass all laws necessary and proper
  14. 37. Someone who fills in for the vice president when they are not present
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  1. 2. The leader of the house
  2. 3. This is how the U.S elects it's president
  3. 4. The legislative leader elected by party members with the minority of seats
  4. 6. The process of attacking the accuracy of a witnesses testimony
  5. 8. One of the two chambers of Congress
  6. 10. Short-lasting committee created for a specific purpose
  7. 12. Determines who comes into the country
  8. 13. The president's powers to choose their cabinet members
  9. 14. When Congress acts like a watchdog
  10. 15. A yearly report to the president by Congress
  11. 18. A permanent committee established in a legislature
  12. 19. To reject a bill
  13. 20. Committee created by the presiding officers of each chamber to make changes to a bill passed
  14. 21. Congress has the power to print...
  15. 23. The authority of the senate to ratify treaties, confirm cabinets, and judicial appointments
  16. 27. To set a bill aside, ignoring it
  17. 29. Destroying a bill, by not signing it for 10 days, while congress is not in session
  18. 30. The powers granted to the federal government
  19. 31. When the Senate approves of a presidential appointment
  20. 32. To have two branches or chambers
  21. 33. In the Constitution, Congress is made up of...
  22. 34. A country's military forces
  23. 35. Congress has the power to declare...