Civics: Unit 2 - The Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 3. laws that hold people accountable for an action taken before it was made illegal
  2. 6. directs the activities of the minority party on the Senate floor
  3. 8. In which a person may challenge the legality of their imprisonment
  4. 12. made of members from both houses to eliminate differences in bills on the same subject passed in the different chambers
  5. 13. the putting of a legislative bill into final form
  6. 14. a division of a committee usually organized for a specific purpose
  7. 15. an action that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly
  8. 16. a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
  9. 17. a voter in a district represented by an elected official
  10. 18. the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives
Down
  1. 1. a group of people appointed for a specific function
  2. 2. laws that punish without a trial
  3. 4. the process of altering a law or document (such as a constitution) by parliamentary or constitutional procedure
  4. 5. directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of the Senate
  5. 7. sets the rules, procedure, date & extent of debate of a proposed bill
  6. 9. having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body
  7. 10. representation based on population
  8. 11. a session (as of a legislative committee) in which testimony is taken from witnesses