Across
- 2. A higher level of qualifications than those the Constitution sets for a member of the House, Must be 30 years old, Must be US citizen for atleast 9 years, must live in that state
- 5. Well known benefit that allows them to mail letters and other materials postage free
- 6. (Distributed) among the states on the basis of thier respective populations
- 8. Believe that each question they face must be decided on its merits
- 10. Senate "Shall be composed of two senators from each state"
- 12. All of its seats are never up for election at the same time
- 13. Senators serve for six-year terms, three times
- 14. Or suspends until the next session
- 16. The process by which congress, through its committees checks to see that the carious agencies in the executive branch are working
- 17. They have been drawn to the advantage of the polotical party that controls the states legislature
- 18. The people and interests the senators represent
- 19. Attempts to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and Partisan roles
- 20. lasts for two years, and is numbered consecutively, First happened on March 4, 1789
Down
- 1. Those lawmakers who owe thier first allegiance to thier political party
- 3. Voters in each district elect one of the states representative from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the hosue from that district
- 4. redistribute the seats in the House after each decennial census
- 7. The period of time suring which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business
- 9. A meeting to deal with some emergency situation
- 11. Consisted of two houses
- 15. Elections that happen on nonpresidential years