Legislative Branch

2. to charge (the holder of public office) with a crime
4. number of members of the Senate
6. to reject a decision or proposal
7. a rule or regulation that has been established by agreement; this is what a bill becomes once it passes through Congress and the President
8. a territorial division; region or area set aside for a specific purpose (ie: political)
10. a legislative body with two chambers or houses
14. to make something no longer valid; final authority over
15. high ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in absence of the vice president
16. not constitutional; doesn’t agree with or violates the Constitution
18. a draft of a proposed law presented to Congress for discussion
19. a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of member of a larger group

1. people who live and vote in an area
3. principle where each branch of the government has some influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches
5. current speaker of the house
9. age to be in the house
11. the official count of the population; in the US it happens every ten years
12. a bill that gives the government the authority to spend money
13. the presiding office of the US House of Representatives; leader of the majority party
17. age to be in the senate