Legislative Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. Someone hired by a business or a cause to persuade legislators to support that business or cause
  2. 4. Two houses
  3. 5. How old someone has to be to serve in the Senate
  4. 6. Permanent Congressional committees
  5. 10. A draft of a proposed law
  6. 13. Power that are clearly listed
  7. 15. How long House members serve
  8. 16. Spending bills must start out here
  9. 18. Officially tries officials who are impeached
  10. 20. People that are represented
  11. 21. How long Senators serve
Down
  1. 1. Government projects that primarily benefit the home district
  2. 3. Allows Congress to "stretch" its powers to meet new needs
  3. 6. Organizations made up of people with common interests
  4. 7. Power that are not clearly listed
  5. 8. How old someone has to be to serve in the House
  6. 9. To talk a bill to death
  7. 11. An oddly shaped congressional district
  8. 12. To refuse to sign a bill
  9. 14. The total number of Senators
  10. 17. How the Senate can end a filibuster
  11. 19. To formally charge with a crime