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Across 6. CONGRESS CAN COMPEL WITNESSES TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY AND TO PRODUCE BOOKS, PAPERS, CORRESPONDENCE, MEMORANDA, DOCUMENTS, OR OTHER RELEVANT RECORDS 9. TAX PLACED ON IMPORTED GOODS THAT INCREASE COST FOR CONSUMERS AND CAN LEAD TO INFLATION. 10. CHANGED PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION AND THE BEGINNING OF CONGRESSIONAL TERMS FROM MARCH TO JANUARY TO END LAME DUCKS 11. NOT BIAS TOWARD ANY POLITICAL PARTY 13. ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE OR PROPOSAL WINS AT LEAST 51% OF THE VOTES 14. TYPE OF BILL THAT PACKAGES MANY OF THE SMALLER ORDINARY APPROPRIATIONS BILLS INTO ONE LARGER SINGLE BILL THAT CAN BE PASSED WITH ONLY ONE VOTE IN EACH HOUSE OF CONGRESS 20. MONEY REQUIRED BY EXISTING LAWS THAT IS ALREADY EARMARKED IN THE BUDGET SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE 21. GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH VOTERS OF A MINORITY GROUP ARE THE ELECTORAL MAJORITY 23. ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE OR PROPOSAL WINS A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VOTES THAT IS MUCH GREATER THAN A SIMPLE MAJORITY; USUALLY 2/3 OR 3/4 OF THE VOTE FOR US LEGISLATION 25. DRAWING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES INTO STRANGE SHAPES TO BENEFIT A POLITICAL PARTY WHICH SCOTUS HAS RULED IS CONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE NOT PROTECTED GROUPS 27. LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CHOSEN BY AN ELECTION OF ITS MEMBERS, MOST POWERFUL MEMBER OF BOTH CHAMBERS 28. ANY LAW THAT INCREASES OR DECREASES THE SALARY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MAY TAKE EFFECT ONLY AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS OCCURRED 29. PERMANENT COMMITTEE THAT CONSIDERS BILLS AND ISSUES AND RECOMMEND MEASURES FOR CONSIDERATION BY THEIR RESPECTIVE CHAMBERS 30. POWERFUL COMMITTEE THAT DETERMINES WHEN A BILL WILL BE SUBJECT TO DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, HOW LONG THE DEBATE WILL LAST, AND WHETHER AMENDMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE FLOOR 31. COMMITTEE THAT FALLS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A STANDING COMMITTEE, WHERE BILLS ARE MODIFIED SO THEY WILL PASS ONCE THEY HIT THE FLOOR, MOST CONGRESSIONAL WORK IS DONE IN THESE COMMITTEES

Down 1. REPRESENTATION WHERE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BALANCE THEIR CHOICES WITH THE INTEREST OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND PARTIES IN MAKING DECISIONS 2. IDEA THAT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND JUDGEMENT 3. EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICE THAT ASSIST THE PRESIDENT IN SETTING NATIONAL SPENDING PRIORITIES 4. ABILITY OF ONE GROUP TO CONTROL THE ACTIONS OF ANOTHER GROUP BY WITHHOLDING FUNDING, OR PUTTING STIPULATIONS ON THE USE OF FUNDS 5. ATTEMPT BY A COMMITTEE TO KILL A BILL BY NOT RELEASING IT FOR FLOOR DEBATE 7. LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTS SPECIFIC FUNDS TO PROJECTS WITHIN DISTRICTS OR STATES 8. TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY OWED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 12. ORGANIZATION THAT RAISES MONEY FOR CANDIDATES AND CAMPAIGNS 15. NUMBER OF VOTES NEEDED TO PASS A BILL INTO LAW DESPITE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO 16. POWERFUL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH BUDGET SPENDING 17. PERSON WITH THE MOST POWER IN THE SENATE AND IS THE HEAD OF THE PARTY WITH THE MOST SEATS 18. STATES REDRAWING BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS FOLLOWING EACH CENSUS 19. ALLOWED CITIZENS TO DIRECTLY ELECT SENATORS INSTEAD OF HAVING STATES APPOINT THE POSITION 22. ESTABLISHED BY A SEPARATE RESOLUTION OF THE CHAMBER TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, STUDIES, AND TO CONSIDER MEASURES ON A SPECIFIC BILL OR ISSUE 24. EFFORTS BY CONGRESS TO ENSURE THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES, BUREAUS, AND CABINET DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THEIR OFFICIALS, ARE ACTING LEGALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONGRESSIONAL GOALS 26. ADDITIONAL PROVISION ADDED TO A BILL OR OTHER MEASURE UNDER THE CONSIDERATION BY A LEGISLATURE, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE MUCH, IF ANY, CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE BILL