The Legislative Branch

2. an elected group of people that forms the government of a county
4. an aggregate of the individual views, attitudes, and beliefs about a particular topic, expressed by a significant proportion of a community.
7. a legislative body made up of two chambers.
8. an individual who holds a specific position with known responsibilities in a corporation or government office.
10. the various communication channels that inform the public
13. the authority granted to Congress and the federal government that extend beyond the explicitly listed powers in the U.S. Constitution
15. the way we change the districts that determine who represents us.
17. the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another
18. to the power of the President to block or complicate passage of a legislation by refusing to sign it into law
19. process that allows citizens to get a proposal on a ballot
20. the people politicians have been elected to represent

1. the specific listed authorities granted to the federal government primarily Congress by the U.S. Constitution
3. is a government body composed of two separate houses, chambers, or assemblies, such as the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.
5. a proposal for a new law or a change to an existing law
6. a group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power
9. a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in many areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and many public and private places that are open to the general public
11. legal, political, and social rights for women equal to those of men.
12. is a political committee organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates
14. a process in which an election is used to refer a significant final decision to the public, which then directly votes to decide the outcome
16. the process of reallocating the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states every 10 years