Congress Review

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Across
  1. 1. Redrawing district lines to one’s advantage
  2. 2. Congress has the power to ____ to create revenue
  3. 3. Talking a bill to death
  4. 4. __________ domain – power to take private property for public use
  5. 6. Number of Representatives in Kansas
  6. 7. Representatives must be citizens for ______ years
  7. 8. First President of the Senate
  8. 10. _____ Powers Resolution
  9. 12. The Senate is referred to as the ________ house
  10. 14. Proposed law
  11. 15. More spending than revenue
  12. 21. A congressional term lasts ___ years
  13. 22. Congress is forbidden from taxing
  14. 23. States are assigned representatives based on ___________
  15. 24. Current President of the Senate
  16. 26. Congress is forbidden from taxing
  17. 28. Senator from Kansas
  18. 30. State with the most Representatives
  19. 32. U.S. territory
  20. 34. The House of Representatives is referred to as the ________ house
  21. 36. Minimum age for a senator
  22. 37. Day of the week on which elections are held
  23. 38. Representative from Kansas District 1
  24. 39. Senators serve _____ year terms
Down
  1. 1. Current President pro tempore of the Senate
  2. 5. Senator from Kansas
  3. 9. More revenue than spending
  4. 11. Kansas is divided into 4 ________
  5. 13. Small provision attached to a larger bill
  6. 16. Assistant to the floor leader
  7. 17. Term for two houses of congress
  8. 18. Representatives serve ____ year terms
  9. 19. Current Speaker of the House
  10. 20. States are reapportioned every 10 years after the __________
  11. 25. Senators must be citizens for ______ years
  12. 27. Collective name for the two houses of the Legislative Branch
  13. 29. Election held between presidential elections
  14. 31. The Senate is called a ___________ body, since all the seats are never up for election at the same time
  15. 33. Presidential power to kill a bill
  16. 35. Each state chooses two __________