Across
- 4. laws that create projects and establish how much money can be spent on them
- 6. people represented
- 7. helping people from one's own state or district
- 9. unrelated amendments that are tacked onto a bill
- 10. people hired by private groups to influence government decision making
- 12. to talk a bill to death
- 14. part of the Constitution that allows congress to stretch its powers
- 15. laws that punish a person without a jury trial
- 16. an oddly shaped district
- 19. a Senate procedure under which no one may speak for more than an hour
- 20. years of service
Down
- 1. people with a common interest who try to influence government decisions
- 2. sending job-related mail without paying postage
- 3. abilities of congress that are specifically listed in the Constitution
- 5. government projects and grants that benefit the home district or state
- 8. means "for the time being"
- 11. legal protection
- 13. population growth
- 17. laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed
- 18. formal statements expressing lawmakers' opinions or decisions