How a Bill Becomes a Law Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the bill reaches the _____ after the it is passed by the U.S. Senate
  2. 4. the President signs and passes the bill
  3. 8. groups of Representatives who are experts on topics such as agriculture, education, or international relations that review, research, and revise the bill before voting on whether or not to send the bill back to the House floor
  4. 9. a method for voting on a bill in which the Speaker of the House asks the Representatives who support the bill to say “aye” and those that oppose it say “no"; also known as voice vote
  5. 12. creating laws is the most important job of the ________
  6. 13. a special box on the side of the clerk’s desk where a bill is introduced when it is placed inside
Down
  1. 1. only _______ can introduce bills in the U.S. House of Representatives
  2. 2. all laws in the united states begin as a ____
  3. 5. a method for voting on a bill in which representatives record their vote using the electronic voting system. Representatives can vote yes, no, or present (if they don’t want to vote on the bill).
  4. 6. when the bill is passed by the U.S. House of Representatives it is then passed to the _______
  5. 7. a method for voting on a bill in which the Speaker of the House asks those Representatives who support the bill to stand up and be counted, and then those who oppose the bill to stand up and be counted
  6. 10. the bill has reached the President but he chooses to do nothing; Congress is in session, so the bill automatically becomes a law after 10 days
  7. 11. the President sends the bill back to the U.S. House of Representatives