Across
- 2. Legislature: Two house legislature
- 4. of the House: The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the House.
- 6. Pro Tempore: the member of the United States Senate, or of the upper house of a state’s legislature, chosen to preside in the absence of the president of the Senate.
- 7. An official count and survey of a population.
- 9. the regular period of time during which a legislative body conducts business.
- 11. the specified length of time served by elected officials in their elected offices.
- 12. a tactic used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending.
Down
- 1. a proposal presented to a legislative body for possible enactment as a law.
- 3. The process of dividing and distributing something fairly among a group, usually based on a specific rule or formula. In government, it often refers to dividing seats in a legislature (like the U.S. House of Representatives) among different areas or states based on population.
- 5. of the Senate: the presiding officer of a senate; in Congress, the Vice president of the United States; in a state’s legislature, either the lieutenant governor or a senator.
- 8. Consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives
- 10. Formal charge (accusation of misconduct) brought against a public official by the lower house in a legislative body; trial, and removal upon conviction, occurs in the upper house.
- 12. leader: members of the House and Senate picked to carry out party decisions and steer legislative action to meet party goals.