Congress Organizes

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Across
  1. 2. The President of the Senate is the ________________.
  2. 4. Which type of committee receives bills after they are introduced?
  3. 6. The Senate has the sole power to approve ______.
  4. 9. Membership is based on population in the ______.
  5. 11. A __________ committee is formed in either the House or the Senate when an investigation is needed.
  6. 13. Which type of committee is called when the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill?
  7. 14. Who is responsible for political party discipline?
  8. 15. Two-house legislature
Down
  1. 1. Committees that include Senators and Representatives overseeing a specific task or working on a big issue
  2. 3. Who usually presides over the Senate?
  3. 4. Who is the most powerful person in the House?
  4. 5. You have to have US citizenship for ____ years to serve in the Senate.
  5. 7. Bills over this must start in the House
  6. 8. Term for the Senate
  7. 10. Most of the work of Congress is done in __________ committees.
  8. 12. Minimum age to be in the House