Congress & the Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 2. When two sides give up something in order to agree
  2. 5. This is a meeting with a committee about a bill where people speak for and against the bill
  3. 10. A legislative branch made up of two houses (Senate and House of Representatives)
  4. 11. This branch has the power to make laws
  5. 13. The official count of the people in the USA
  6. 16. The political party with fewer senators or representatives
  7. 18. The leader of the Senate when the vice president isn't there
  8. 19. This is a discussion where two sides give arguments for or against something
  9. 20. The political party with more senators or representatives
  10. 21. Leaders of the Senate and House who carry out the plans of their political parties
Down
  1. 1. This is a smaller group within a committee
  2. 3. This is a large permanent committee in the House or Senate
  3. 4. This is the leader of a committee
  4. 6. This is job of congress to watch over what government agencies do
  5. 7. A suggested law
  6. 8. The leader of the house of representatives
  7. 9. This is a group in Congress that does a specific job
  8. 12. This type of committee includes members of both the House and the Senate
  9. 14. a person who is in charge of trying to get members to vote a certain way
  10. 15. To give a bill to a committee
  11. 17. The president can say NO to a bill by using this power