Texas Legislature

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Across
  1. 7. The total number of senators
  2. 9. Each legislator is elected from his or her own
  3. 10. Is checked by the Senate's advice and consent
  4. 11. The current lieutenant governor's party
  5. 14. When your share of the legislature is smaller than your share of the population
  6. 16. Revision of a bill in committee
  7. 18. Type of equality required by one person, one vote
Down
  1. 1. Presiding officer of the House
  2. 2. Type of committee to work out differences between versions of a bill
  3. 3. When a committee chair decides whether to consider a bill
  4. 4. A stalling tactic
  5. 5. Can be stricken by a line-item veto
  6. 6. Have two-year terms of office
  7. 8. Type of legislature used in 49 of the 50 states
  8. 12. Half of the membership is elected every two years
  9. 13. When the governor returns a bill unsigned
  10. 15. Has the power to impeach
  11. 17. Racial group that is overrepresented in the legislature