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Across 3. The clause that provides teh constitutional basis for the implied powers; sometimes called the "Elastic Clause" 5. The legal proceeding in which assests are distriburted among those to whom a debt is owed (11) 9. Assistant floor leaders (12) 11. When the President refuses to sign a bill (12) 15. When the Federal Government spends more money than it takes in each year and borrows to make up the difference (11) 16. A rule that will put an end to a filibuster (12) 18. A tax first paid by one person but then passed on to another (11) 22. The committee in charge of negotiating and compromising differences in a proposed bill (12) 24. The inherent power to take private property for public use by providing just compensation 25. The presiding officer of the of the House who is by far the most important and most powerful (12) 28. All of the money borrowed by the government over the years and not yet repaid (11) 29. The seats in the House of Representatives are distriburted among the States on the basis of their population (10) 30. Any kind of money that a creditor must by law accept in payment for debts (11) 31. This grants a person the sole right to manufacture, use, or sell any new and useful art, machine, or composition of matter (11) 32. It starts at "noon of the 3rd day of January" (10) 33. ______________ vs. Ogden was the first Supreme Court case under the Commerce Clause (11) 34. The exclusive right of an author to reproduce, publish, and sell his or her creative work 35. Age requirement of a House of Representative candidate (10)

Down 1. The temporary President of the SEnate who serves in the Vice President's absence (12) 2. Congressmembers can mail letters and other materials postage-free by substituting their signature for the postage (10) 4. The power of Congress to regulate foreign and interstate trade (11) 6. If the President does not sign a bill and Congress adjourns wthin 10 days, the bill dies (12) 7. The House has the sole power to accuse, bring charges against any government official (11) 8. The period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business (10) 10. The committee responsible for holding hearings and a "mark-up" session on a proposed bill (12) 12. When districts have been drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the legislature, that district is said to have been what (10) 13. A tax that must be paid directly to the government by the person on whom it is imposed (11) 14. The process by which a citizen of one country becomes a citizen of another (11) 17. When Congress suspends until the next session (10) 19. Age requirement of a Senate candidate (10) 20. An unwritten custom that the most important posts will be held by the party members with the longest records of service in Congress (12) 21. The people and interests the senators represent (10) 23. An attempt to "talk a bill to death" (12) 26. A committee can do this to a bill once it's introduced in the House or Senate which kills the bill right away (12) 27. A charge levied by government on persons or property to meet public needs (11)