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Across 1. a state 7. basic set of political beliefs 8. family, beliefs, ideas, job experience, influences from income, age, gender, race and geo. region 12. The residents of his or her district or state 13. personal judgement 14. supervision of agencies 16. each member is called on indicidually to declare his or her vote 18. the formal head of the senate 19. political party with less seats 23. unecessary spending 25. surveys a fraction of voters in randomly selected voting precinctsafter they have casted their ballot 26. office holders 28. the influential position in the House of Representatives 29. monitors and influence how his or her party's members vote on legislation 32. the body of people entitled to vote 36. suits brought by one or more plantiffs on behalf of themselves and all others affected similary by a particular wrong. 37. second most influential person in the House 38. send official mail for free 39. legal limit on the number of terms a person can serve 41. the practice of establishing district lines that favor one political party over another 42. majority of members 43. formally accused 44. the control of speech or information 45. Surveying a population on an issue 46. interest groups that represents workers 47. an effort to persuade government policy makers to maek particular decisions regarding legislation 48. the president holds the bill without signing it within 10 days of recieving it

Down 2. the party that holds the most seats in Congress 3. official population count 4. citizens groups that believe policies they pursue would benefit the general public rather than a narrow minority 5. seperate political branches of interest groups 6. large companies that run farm 9. people acting together to achieve shared political groups 10. choosing of a group of people to participate in a poll 11. requires police who has not been convicted in a court of law 15. public declaration of of support for 17. ability to report both sides of an issue without being bias 20. organizations of business firms within an industry 21. interest group members vote on a candidate solely based on their view of an issue 22. a strong disciplinary measure 24. an organized effot to urge local citizens to try to influence the decisions of Washington policy makers 27. law that applies to an action that took place before the law was passed 30. sets a time limit on a debate to stop filibusters 31. effort by one or more senators to hold up the final vote on a bill 32. requires a 2/3's vote and formally removes a member from office 33. uncertainty of Sampling 34. distribute 35. collective opinion of large numbers of people 40. legal protection