Chapter 10 Congress GG

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Across
  1. 4. redistribute
  2. 5. Congressional elections that occur in the nonpresidential years
  3. 9. the people and interests the senators represent
  4. 11. distributed
  5. 13. Under ______ arrangement, the voters in each district elect one of the State's representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district
  6. 16. The amount of members in the Senate
  7. 17. The framers had to create a two chambered body to settle the conflict between the Virginia and the New Jersey Plants at Philadelphia in 1787
  8. 18. believe that each question they have must be decided on its merits
  9. 20. The length of one term of a senator
Down
  1. 1. a vital part of their committee work involves
  2. 2. a meeting to deal with some emergency situation
  3. 3. the senate is a _____ meaning all the seats are never up for election at the same time
  4. 6. Lawmakers who own their first allegiance to their political party
  5. 7. A ______ must be at least 30 years of age, must have been a citizen of the US for at least 9 years , and must live in the State for which he or she is elected in
  6. 8. they have been drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State's legislature
  7. 10. a well known benefit that allows them to mail letters and other materials postage-free by substituting their facsimile signature for the postage
  8. 12. The framers favored a bicameral congress in order that one house might act as a check on the other
  9. 14. Congress can ______ or suspend something until next session
  10. 15. they attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles
  11. 19. Each ____ of congress lasts for two years