Across
- 2. redistribute the seats in the house after each decennial cenus
- 4. that is elected in the state as a whole
- 9. Elected from the state as a whole rather than from a particular district
- 14. All of the seats are never up for election at the same time
- 16. They feel duty-bound to vote in line with the party platform and the wishes of their parties leaders.
- 17. When congress suspends until next sesion
- 18. the party loses seats in the house the year this happens
- 21. all the seats are never up for election at the same time
- 23. The process by which congress checks to see agencies in the executive branch are working effectively
- 24. The process in which senators are chosen
- 25. How many years does a senator serve in office
- 26. the member of each state votes in each district
Down
- 1. A person whom blieves that each question they face must be decided on it's merits
- 3. A well known benefit that allows them to mail mletters and other materials postage free
- 5. means distributed
- 6. attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles
- 7. Redistribute the seats in the house after each decennial census
- 8. Congressional district maps that have been drawn in an odd shape to benefit a political party
- 10. that is they have been drawn to the advantage
- 11. Distributed among the states on the basis of their respective populations
- 12. the people and interests the senators represent
- 13. The people and interests the senators represent
- 15. A period of time that congress assembles and conducts busisness
- 18. Those congretional elections that occur in the nonpresidential years
- 19. What reason had the framers creadted a twochambered body to settle the conflict between the Virginia and New Jersey plans
- 20. What reason had the British parliment consisted of two houses since the 1300's
- 22. What Reason had the framers favored a bicameral congress
- 27. Hown many senatords come from each state