Across
- 2. A meeting of all the House members of one party
- 4. A Congressional leader who is responsible for getting party members to vote the way the party wants
- 6. Becoming a citizen
- 11. Petitioning a court for this writ safeguards Americans from being unlawfully jailed
- 13. A law that makes a prior action illegal, even though it was legal when it occurred
- 16. Redistributing the House seats among the states after a census counts the population
- 18. The most powerful member of the House
- 20. A special committee created to carry out a specific task not already covered by an existing committee
- 21. The power to charge executive and judicial branch members with wrongdoing
- 22. Drawing district boundaries to increase one party's political power
- 23. A tax levied on someone but passed along to another person for payment (often included in the final price of a product)
Down
- 1. A bill that sets aside money for a specific purpose
- 3. A House leader who helps manage the actions and strategy of a party
- 5. Gives Congress the power to regulate interstate economic activity
- 7. A committee that includes House members and senators
- 8. Proposed laws
- 9. The people who live within one House member's district
- 10. Congress' power to investigate the other branches of government
- 12. Distribution of House seats among the states based upon population
- 14. Address major areas of legislation, such as agriculture or the budget or the armed services
- 15. A paper that requires someone to testify as a witness, or to provide documents
- 17. The Necessary and Proper Clause is the source of these
- 19. A law that punishes someone without a trial
