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Across 1. most powerful officer in the House 4. people congress serve in their home districts or states 7. right to mail official letters free of charge 8. forgives a person convicted of a crime, and frees them from serving thier sentence 9. listed the basic rights guaranteed to all Americans 10. the president can reject a bill, when Congress is not in session, by not signing it 11. spoken false statements that damage another person's reputation 15. explains or interprets the laws. 19. government's power to take a citizen's private property for public use 21. system in which the powers of government are balanced , so that each branch can limit the power of other branches 26. known also as the "necessary and proper" clause that allows Congress to extend its delegated powers 28. region of farms and small towns 29. a proposed law 30. cities or towns 31. an official count of the number of people in a country 32. means limit on the debate 33. name of the branch that makes the laws 34. written false statements that damage another person's reputation 35. means right to vote

Down 2. right to ask the government to do something or stop doing something 3. permanent House or Senate committees that consider bills in a certain area 5. bill that must be approved by the voters to become law 6. meetings 7. amendment that protects you from unreasonable search and seizure 12. being tried for the same crime twice 13. the IL Senate and IL House of Represenatives are known as ______________ ___________. 14. rule of conduct 16. consisting of two houses 17. right guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment 18. consisting of one house 20. enforces or carries out the law 22. rights guaranteed to all U.S. citizens 23. "talking a bill to death" 24. minimum number of members who must be present before a legislative body can conduct business 25. means a person cannot be punished for a crime until the law has been fairly applied to his or her case 27. an interest group