Legislative Branch Review

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  1. 3. Representative for Indiana's District 2 (us!!)
  2. 4. Representation in the House is based on _____.
  3. 6. Trying to delay a vote by making long speeches.
  4. 9. Redrawing discrict lines to favor one party.
  5. 11. The current President of the Senate.
  6. 14. The _____ system is used by party members to make committee assignments.
  7. 16. The president may call a _____ session of Congress to deal with emergencies.
  8. 17. Indiana Senator Todd _____.
  9. 18. The people that a member of Congress represents.
  10. 19. After a bill is introduced it moves on to a _____ committee.
  11. 20. This person can veto a bill from Congress.
  12. 23. Reapportionment happens every ten years following the _____.
  13. 24. How many years is a Senator's term of office?
  14. 25. Our Congress is _____ because it has two parts.
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  1. 1. The term for the leader of the House of Representatives.
  2. 2. If you are 28 years old, you can be elected to this part of Congress.
  3. 5. The term for the 60 votes needed in the Senate to end a filibuster.
  4. 7. Indiana Senator Mike _____.
  5. 8. Gerrymandering can take two forms: _____ and cracking.
  6. 10. The current speaker of the House.
  7. 12. If a bill passes through the House of Representatives, it must go to the _____.
  8. 13. The month congressional elections are held.
  9. 15. be in the House or the Senate, a person must live in the _____ they represent.
  10. 21. Another name for the necessary and proper clause, it expands the powers of the legislative branch.
  11. 22. The current majority leader of the Senate.