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