Across
- 4. the national legislative body of a nation
- 5. the process of dividing seats for the House among the 50 states following the decennial census.
- 7. two house legislative system
- 10. a loosely defined term for action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other debatable question.
Down
- 1. allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators.
- 2. establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
- 3. legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office
- 6. has power to make laws
- 8. senate procedure that limits further consideration of a pending proposal to thirty hours in order to end a filibuster.
- 9. upper chamber of the United States Congress