Across
- 1. Bill-to-Law-Step 4: Where the bill goes after passing the first house
- 6. Crime on the high seas that Congress can punish
- 8. What Congress can do to enact a law despite a presidential veto
- 9. Committees with members from both House and Senate
- 11. Upper house of Congress
- 12. Bill-to-Law-Step 7: What the bill becomes when signed or override is successful
- 13. Bills need a ______ vote in order to pass
- 14. Bill-to-Law-Step 2: Bill goes here for review, markup, and initial approval
- 16. Bill-to-Law-Step 5: Type of committee that resolves differences between versions
- 17. Power to collect revenue that Congress possesses
- 18. Continuing _______ are short term term spending bills that keep the government running until an appropriations bill can be passed.
- 19. A Bill starts out as an ____ a congressman hasa
- 22. ______ _____ are not explicitly written in the Constitution, but are given to Congress in order to carry out laws
- 23. Representatives must be a ____ of the state they represent
- 27. The _______ signs a bill into law
- 28. Bill-to-Law-Step 6: Who receives the final bill for signature or veto
- 29. Type of committee that resolves differences between House and Senate bills
- 31. If the President does not like a bill, he/she can ____ it
- 33. Nickname for the Necessary and Proper Clause
- 34. What House and Senate members must be of the United States
- 36. Each state has how many Senators?
- 37. The largest portion of discretionary spending goes where?
- 40. Group that first reviews and studies a bill
- 43. Members of the upper house are called _____
- 44. For Mandatory Spending, ________ and Social Security, are the largest portion.
- 45. What a bill becomes when signed or when a veto is overridden
- 49. There is _____ _______ in the Senate (every state has the same)
Down
- 2. Type of powers specifically listed in Article I, Section 8
- 3. Two-house structure of the legislative branch
- 4. This Type of Spending is 1/3 of the Budget (Smaller Portion)
- 5. Congress gets to vote on how we spend our money through a process called the ________ process
- 7. Lower House of Congress
- 10. Minimum age to serve in the House of Representatives
- 15. If a continuing resolutions can't be passed, then a government ______ occurs because there is no funding ($)
- 20. Power to regulate trade between states given to Congress
- 21. The _______ __ ______ clause allows Congress to make laws needed to carry out its powers
- 22. Process the House can use to charge President
- 24. Minimum years of U.S. citizenship required for senators
- 25. Special committees created for specific purposes or investigations
- 26. Number of terms a member of Congress can serve (no constitutional limit)
- 29. The legislative branch established by Article I is called _____
- 30. Bill-to-Law-Step 3: Where the full chamber debates and votes on the bill
- 32. _____ _ of the Constitution Established the Legislative Branch
- 35. Bill-to-Law-Step 1: Bill is placed in the hopper or presented to clerk
- 38. Article one is the _______ _____
- 39. Type of citizenship not required for Congress (unlike presidency)
- 41. What both versions of a bill must be to go to the president
- 42. Supermajority needed in both houses to override a veto
- 44. This type of spending is 2/3 of the Budget (Biggest part of Spending)
- 46. Minimum years of U.S. citizenship required for House members
- 47. Most bills are _____ in committee
- 48. Permanent committees that handle ongoing legislative business
- 50. Minimum age to serve in the Senate