Chapter 5

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