Voting and Legislative Branch

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Across
  1. 1. Two houses or chambers
  2. 4. A committee created for a specific purpose.
  3. 6. A type of joint committee responsible for bringing together members from both chambers in order to make a compromised bill.
  4. 7. a specific section of a state used to representational purposes
  5. 9. In charge of the Senate when the Vice President is not present.
  6. 10. The Senate and the House of Representatives.
  7. 11. an adjective that means "lawmaking"
  8. 12. Look here in the Constitution for the rules and requirements of the Legislative Branch
  9. 13. minimum age a citizen must be in order to vote.
  10. 17. How a bill becomes a law
  11. 21. a written document that is or may become a law
  12. 23. Permanent committees
Down
  1. 2. verb that means "to make laws"
  2. 3. Largest chamber of Congress. Must be at least 25 years old.
  3. 5. Current position holder: Nancy Pelosi. In charge of the House of Representatives
  4. 8. A member of the Senate
  5. 14. This power, given to the senate, brings charges upon an official (such as the president).
  6. 15. Chamber of Congress. Must be at least 30 years old.
  7. 16. A piece of legislation that will become a law. A draft of a law.
  8. 18. You must live in the ________ you will vote in.
  9. 19. The term used when the President strikes down a bill.
  10. 20. You must be a ___________ of the United States in order to vote
  11. 22. a person who makes laws