Congress and Legislative branch

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  1. 6. The distribution of the number of members of the house of representatives based on the population of each state.
  2. 8. An official population count.
  3. 9. The power of congress to review the policies and programs of the executive branch.
  4. 10. The legislative leader and spokesperson for the party holding the minority of seats in the house or senate.
  5. 13. The legislative leader of the party holding the majority of the seats in the house of senate.
  6. 15. A grant of moneyby congress to be used for specific purposes.
  7. 17. A legal order requiring a person to appear in court or turn over specified doccuments.
  8. 19. The legal rights to publish, sell, and perform or distribute a literary or artistic work.
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  1. 1. A legislature's approval to implement or continure a governmental program or agency.
  2. 2. The periodic redistribution of US congressional sears according to changes in the census figures.
  3. 3. The meeting of a legislative or judicial body for a specific period of time for the purpose of transacting buiness.
  4. 4. A senator or representatives who works with the party leaders to communicate views
  5. 5. A spokesperson for the party in congress
  6. 7. A tax on the production and sale of products withing the US
  7. 11. A governmental tax,especially on imports.
  8. 12. A tax or duty.
  9. 14. The formal procedure by which a President or any federal official is removed for misconduct in office.
  10. 16. The member of the US senate chosen as leader in the absence of the vice president.
  11. 18. An election process in which the voters of a city,state,or country as a whole elect their government representatives.
  12. 20. The government's grants to inventors assuring them the rights to make, use or sell their inventions for a period of time.