Across
- 2. President can do this if he does not approve of a bill
- 4. Smaller part of a standing committee
- 7. Length of a term for a Senator
- 12. Leader of the Senate
- 14. Idea that Congress can make any law that is "necessary and proper" to carry out the Constitution
- 15. The house of Congress has 435 members, based on the population of each state
Down
- 1. The name of both houses combined
- 3. Each congressman must serve on at least one of these
- 4. This house of Congress has 2 members for each state
- 5. Length of a term for a Representative
- 6. Indirect veto of a bill by ignoring it
- 8. Congress has the power to declare this if needed
- 9. Meetings of Congress that begin each January
- 10. Leader of the House of Representatives
- 11. Introduced change to a law, or a new law
- 13. What a bill becomes if it is passed by Congress and signed by the President