Across
- 1. The authority of the United States Senate to approve or reject a resolution of ratification of any treaty to which the United States is a proposed signatory, as well as to evaluate and confirm Presidential nominees to positions in the federal governmen
- 5. Makes and passes federal laws;one of the chambers to the legislative branch
- 7. The process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing
- 9. To refuse to accept or to decide against a previous decision or order: override a decision/veto It takes a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate
- 11. An agreement that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house
- 12. A group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern
- 13. A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power
Down
- 1. A law of Congress that provides an agency with budget authority
- 2. The supremacy of the people through their elected representatives which creates a Congress consisting of a Senate and a House of Representative
- 3. The first line in the Constitution which affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens
- 4. Part of a whole
- 6. The upper house of the United States Congress, which is a small group of elected people who decide the laws of the country
- 8. Process of distributing the 435 memberships, or seats, in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states
- 9. An omission or error due to carelessness
- 10. A government that has a two-house legislative system