The Legislative Branch
Across
- 2. winning reelections if already been in Office
- 7. poüulation counting every 10 years
- 8. closed Meeting
- 12. rejecting a bill
- 13. committee listens to testimony from experts
- 15. member that has served the longest is leader of this
- 18. is set up when house and Senate have different Versions of a bill
- 20. loosing representatives
- 21. presiding officer and most powerful leader
- 23. drawing district boundaries to give electoral Advantage
- 26. forbids offering amendmentsto a bill from the floor
- 29. approval of government spending
- 30. made up of two houses
- 31. Money payed by the People to Support the government
- 32. also called elastic clause
- 35. president can Veto lines in a bill
- 37. helping constituents with Problems
- 40. matters affecting only one house of congress
- 46. Standing committes have several of them
- 47. president´s refusal to spend Money
- 50. committee can be temporary or permanent
- 51. allow congress to expand ist powers
- 52. laws for raising Money
- 54. passed in same form by both houses
- 55. persuading officials to Support their Point of view
Down
- 1. removing a president
- 3. Limits debate
- 4. Minimum number members needed for official legislative Action
- 5. branches of government control each other
- 6. expressly defined powers
- 7. vote of formal disappoval of member´s Action
- 9. specifies how much Money can be appropriated
- 10. killing a bill
- 11. authorization for spending Money
- 14. continue from one congress to the next
- 16. "for the time being"
- 17. requires to produce or appear requested documents
- 18. willfully obstructing congress´s work
- 19. extend debate
- 22. speaker´s top assistant
- 24. passed laws to appropriate Money for Projects
- 25. some expenditures are known at?
- 27. representatives of interest Groups
- 28. commerce among states
- 33. congress´s powers in times of crisis
- 34. temporary committees are also called?
- 36. freedom from prosecution
- 38. serve as assistant floor leaders
- 39. completed reappointment
- 41. deal with General matters
- 42. deal with individual People
- 43. reject laws
- 44. People in districts they represent
- 45. yearly financial plan of national government
- 48. lying under oath
- 49. Provision on a subject
- 53. lawmakers agree to Support each other´s bills