Across
- 5. Head of the House of Representatives
- 6. Has 435 members; Number of representatives per state is based on population
- 9. Voters in a state that are represented by their elected official
- 10. Amendment which allowed for citizens to vote for Senators
- 15. Combined with members of the House and Senate on a temporary issue
- 16. Informs the other party members to vote as party leadership wants.
- 18. Head of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President
- 20. Term length of a Representative
- 21. Two-house legislature
- 22. Number of years a Senator must be a US citizen
- 23. Has 100 members; Equal number of senators per state.
Down
- 1. Floor leader of the minority party
- 2. Helps manage the actions and strategy of the the party in the House.
- 3. Performed every 10 years and determines the number of representatives per state.
- 4. Another term for the initiation of revenue bills
- 7. Permanent committees in both the House and Senate
- 8. Term length of a Senator
- 10. Powers of congress to raise and collect taxes, borrow money, declare war, and coin money.
- 11. Plan which created the guidelines for the House of Representatives
- 12. Seats in the House redistributed based on the results of the census.
- 13. Number of years a Representative must be a US citizen
- 14. Head of the Senate
- 17. Plan which created the guidelines for the Senate
- 19. Amendment which gives congress permission to collect income taxes