Across
- 4. Money that Congress has allocated to be spent
- 5. Congressional review of the activities of an executive agency, department, or office.
- 7. the use of long speeches to prevent the vote on a bill
- 9. Process by which representative districts are switched according to population shifts, so that each district encompasses approximately the same number of people
- 10. Formal accusation against a president or other public official, the first step in removal from office.
- 12. of Senate Vice President
- 14. The leader of the majority party and presiding officer of the House of Representatives
- 15. Powers powers directly stated in the constitution
- 16. people a member of Congress represents
- 18. the part of the Constitution that permits Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out its powers
- 19. legal proceedings
Down
- 1. the legal process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another
- 2. Distribution of representatives among the states based on the population of each state
- 3. A court order requiring someone to appear in court.
- 6. money paid to the government as a result of purchased goods
- 8. A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person
- 11. A law which punishes people for a crime that was not a crime when it was committed. Congress cannot pass these laws.
- 13. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
- 17. a tax paid directly by the person or organization on whom it is levied
