Chapter 7: Congress at Work

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Across
  1. 1. deals with a general matter and applies to all
  2. 3. a resolution passed by both houses of Congress dealing with unusual or temporary matters, like correcting an error in an earlier law
  3. 5. this many trillion of dollars of U.S. debt
  4. 6. a provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill
  5. 7. when a president kills a bill passed during the last ten days Congress is in session by refusing to sign
  6. 10. interest group representative
  7. 13. Congress appropriates money for local projects
  8. 14. law is passed by Congress and appropriates money for local federal projects
  9. 15. examples like Social Security, no monetary benefits
  10. 16. an agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's bills
Down
  1. 2. powers that both the national and state governments have
  2. 4. a bill dealing with individual people or places
  3. 8. the work that a lawmaker does to help constituents with problems
  4. 9. forbids members of Congress to offer amendments to a bill from the floor
  5. 11. a resolution adopted to cover matters affecting only one house of Congress
  6. 12. approval of government spending