Legislative Branch Review Crossword

4. Chamber of Congress where each state has two members, no matter its population.
5. Gerrymandering tactic that squeezes the opposing party’s voters into one or a few districts to limit their influence elsewhere.
7. A proposed law being debated in Congress.
9. Senate tactic where a senator talks at length to delay or block a vote on a bill.
10. Congress’s power to pass a bill into law despite a presidential veto (with enough votes).
12. Two-house structure of Congress (House + Senate).
15. Top leader of the House of Representatives.
16. Small group of members that reviews, edits, and works on bills.
19. A current officeholder running for re-election.
23. When a committee chair sets a bill aside and never schedules it, so it effectively dies.
24. Party with fewer seats in a chamber of Congress.

1. A person who lives in a district and is represented by an elected official.
2. Geographic area a member of the House represents.
3. Leader of the majority party on the floor; in the Senate the top leader, in the House second to the Speaker.
6. Drawing election districts to give one party an unfair advantage.
8. Length of one term in the Senate;
11. Idea that elected officials speak and vote for the people back home.
13. Chamber of Congress where representation is based on a state’s population.
14. The process of turning ideas and bills into official public policy.
17. Official count of a country’s population, done in the U.S. every ten years.
18. Length of one term in the House of Representatives;
20. Political party that holds more than half the seats in a chamber of Congress.
21. Party leader who counts votes and tries to keep members in line.
22. President’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress.