Across
- 2. All bills must start in the House.
- 5. A group of members of Congress sharing some interest or characteristics
- 9. the house with six year term limits.
- 10. a strategy unique to the Senate where opponents of a piece of legislation use their right to unlimited debate to prevent the Senate from ever voting on a bill
- 13. federal projects, grants, and contracts, available to state and local governments, along with other institutions in a congressional district
- 14. the principle leader of the minority party in either house.
- 15. groups that deal with bills in different policy areas
- 16. the Senate has the power to impeachment trials, but cannot impeach federal officials
- 18. the House of Representatives has the power to federal officials
- 20. monitoring of the executive branch
- 22. Only the Senate had the power to treaties.
Down
- 1. an office mandated by the Constitution, the 2nd in line after the vice president to succeed the presidency
- 3. They already hold office
- 4. A legislature divided into 2 houses
- 6. the partisan ally of the Speaker of the house or the majority party's manager.
- 7. activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals.
- 8. party leaders who work with the majority or minority leader to count votes before hand.
- 11. a rule for picking chairs, in effect till the 1970s. The members who served on the committee the longest and was from the majority party won.
- 12. the House can the president if there is an electoral college tie
- 17. someone who uses persuasion to influence politcs
- 19. the most important influence of their committee
- 21. A proposed law, drafted in legal language