Across
- 3. the leader of the House of Representatives; this person is the leader of the political party with a majority in the House
- 6. the Senate’s power of finding a government official guilty of wrongdoing after a trial that can remove the official from office (requires a two‑thirds supermajority of >66%)
- 12. the "Lower House" of Congress, where the number of representatives for each state is different based on its population; also called "the People's House"
- 14. to make laws
- 15. the idea that representatives should use his or her best judgment (or "be trusted") in making decisions about making laws, regardless of constituent opinion
- 17. a procedure to end debate in the Senate (including a filibuster); it requires a "yes" vote of three-fifths of senators (60%) to proceed to a vote on the bill that was being delayed
- 18. the "Upper House" of Congress, where each state has 2 representatives
- 19. Committee a small group of members in the House or Senate that researches, holds hearings, revises (marks up) bills, and decides which bills move forward to the full chamber (the House or the Senate)
Down
- 1. a lawmaking body made of two separate chambers or houses (the House of Representatives and the Senate)
- 2. the leader of the Senate; also called the "President of the Senate"
- 4. drawing district lines in a way that helps one political party or group, often producing oddly shaped voting districts on maps
- 5. the power of Congress to pass a bill over a presidential veto with a two‑thirds majority in both chambers
- 6. the people who live in a representative's district or a senator's state; in other words, the people that a member of Congress represents
- 7. the House of Representatives’ power to formally charge a government official of wrongdoing (requires a simple majority vote of >50%)
- 8. an official count of population taken every 10 years that determines how many House seats each state receives, and provides other important data for all levels of government
- 9. a Senate tactic where one or more senators speak for a long time to delay or prevent the Senate from voting
- 10. the idea that members of Congress act as either trustee or delegate, based on rational political calculations about who is best served
- 11. the process state legislatures use to redraw the map boundaries of voting districts after the Census so each district has roughly equal population
- 13. the idea that representatives feel compelled to act on the specific stated wishes of their constituents
- 16. the House of Representatives + the Senate