The Legislative Branch

3. The official count of a population; takes place every 10 years in the United States
5. Constitutional authorization for Congress to make any law required to carry out its powers
10. The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
11. The leader of the House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the House; 2nd in line of presidential succession; Currently Mike Johnson
12. The legislature (law makers) of the United States government; includes the Senate and the House of Representatives
14. Branch that makes laws
15. 1913 constitutional amendment allowing American voters to directly elect US senators (number is spelled out)

1. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
2. The drawing of new electoral district boundary lines in response to population changes
4. The upper house of Congress; composed of 100 members; 2 representatives are elected from each state for 6-year terms
6. Powers directly stated in the constitution
7. A rule made by an authority and that must be obeyed
8. The lower house of Congress; 435 members; each state gets a different number of representatives based on population; 2-year terms
9. Powers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the constitution
13. A proposed law