Across
- 2. - a proposed bill
- 4. - debates and researches bills
- 6. - minimum number of representatives needed to vote on a bill
- 8. - Rules Committee puts bill on this after it gets out of committee
- 10. - along with Ways & Means, the most important committees in House
- 12. - measure passed by Congress that doesn't require presidential signature
- 14. - fills in as leader of Senate when Vice President is not present (3 words)
- 16. - interpretation based solely on expressed powers
- 19. - temporary committees in Congress
- 20. - powers granted in the Constitution
- 23. - committees used if two versions of same bill pass in Senate & House
- 25. - Article of the Constitution that deals with the Legislative Branch
- 28. - Congressional power to remove a president or judge
- 30. - first president to be impeached
- 31. - longest serving Speaker of the House
Down
- 1. - when is bill gets stuck in committee
- 3. - powers from the Necessary and Proper Clause
- 5. - most powerful member in the House of Representatives
- 7. - Supreme Court case that defended implied powers (McCulloch v ..)
- 9. - Congress can propose these with 2/3 vote
- 11. - unlimited debate in the Senate
- 13. - decides the presidential election if no one gets enough electoral votes
- 15. - leader of Senate according to the Constitution (two words)
- 17. - presidential refusal to sign a bill
- 18. - permanent committees in Congress
- 21. - first female Speaker of the House
- 22. - approves all treaties and presidential appointments
- 24. - can be used to stop a filibuster
- 26. - added to bill that is unrelated to it
- 27. - first Speaker of the House
- 29. - interpretation based on implied powers