Across
- 4. a Congressman from California will only be able to represent ____
- 7. the redistribution of seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years
- 11. the majority leader of each party in the House is also called this
- 14. method of electing House members
- 15. members of the House must have been a citizen for at least _______ years
- 16. the ____ committee sets guidelines for debates on a bill
- 19. another word for suggested laws
- 20. the meeting of all the House members from a party is called a party _____
- 21. house members serve a ____ year term
- 22. the leader of each committee is called the committee ____
Down
- 1. in case of a tie, the House has the power to elect this member of the executive branch
- 2. the most powerful members of the House
- 3. drawing district boundaries within a state for political advantage
- 5. the Speaker has the power to assign each House member to a specific ________
- 6. to deny someone the right to vote
- 8. a person whose job is to make sure the party's members vote with the party
- 9. the leader of the "smaller" party is called the ____ leader
- 10. the Speaker of the House becomes president if both the president and ____ die or are unavailable
- 12. the ____ committee is created to take care of areas not already covered by existing committees
- 13. the first woman Speaker in US history
- 17. the House and Senate can form ____ committees
- 18. the ____ committee addresses areas such as agriculture and the army