The Congress

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Across
  1. 4. each election approximately what fraction of Congress is up for re-election?
  2. 5. What is Congress allowed to regulate?
  3. 6. a district where one person or party will continually win re-election
  4. 7. putting voters of the same belief system into one district
  5. 9. The number of factors Congress considers when voting for a law
  6. 11. US House of Representatives elects members based on
  7. 14. US government has 3 independent branches
  8. 16. The majority needed to overturn a Presidential veto
  9. 18. US Senator from California
  10. 20. US Senate and US House of Representatives together are known as
  11. 21. drawing boundaries for a voting district to benefit a specific party
  12. 23. the length of term for a US Senator is this many years
  13. 24. 100 member half of the US Congress
  14. 25. Vice President of the United States
Down
  1. 1. Each branch of the government has the power to limit the actions of the other two
  2. 2. US Senator from California
  3. 3. 435 member half of the US Congress
  4. 8. spreading voters of the same belief system into many districts
  5. 10. US Representative from the North Valley
  6. 12. What branch of government is the US Congress?
  7. 13. What is Congress allowed to collect?
  8. 15. Members of the US House of Representatives are up for re-election this many years apart
  9. 17. The main job of Congress is to pass
  10. 19. US Representative from Sherman Oaks
  11. 20. The supreme law of the land
  12. 22. person in office running for re-election