How Congress Works

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Across
  1. 1. A bill becomes this after it’s approved by both houses and the president
  2. 4. A smaller group in Congress that studies bills
  3. 5. This is taken every ten years to count the population
  4. 7. To bring charges against a government official
  5. 11. The people a member of Congress represents
  6. 12. A group with more than half the members
  7. 13. Clause that gives Congress power to make laws it needs to carry out its duties (nickname”____ clause”)
  8. 14. The building where Congress meets
  9. 15. The president’s power to reject a bill
  10. 17. A Congress made up of two houses is called this
  11. 18. A long speech in the Senate meant to delay a vote
Down
  1. 2. A change to the constitution
  2. 3. The leader of the House of Representatives
  3. 4. The lawmaking branch of the U.S. government.
  4. 6. The branch of government that makes laws
  5. 8. The party with fewer members in a house of Congress
  6. 9. The larger chamber of congress where membership is based on state population
  7. 10. One of the two chambers of congress, each state has two members
  8. 16. Congress can do this to a presidential veto with a two third vote
  9. 17. A proposed law