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Across 3. requires that an accused person be brought to court 4. a limit on debate, can only take place with a three fifths vote 6. a permanent committe, such as the Ways and Means Committee 8. the right to mail official letters or packages free of charge 10. majority of the members 11. guides the party's proposed law through Congress 14. the presiding officer of the House 17. the member's name is called and he or she gives their vote 18. making a list of charges in the House 19. the people in the legislator's home district 25. smaller groups, where most of the work of Congress is done 26. "talking a bill to death" 27. proposed laws 28. this person's job is to persuade members to vote for party sponsered legislation 29. a law is also known as an ________ 30. simple name for the House of Representatives

Down 1. presides over the Senate when the vice president is absent 2. also known as the "necessary and proper clause", allows Congress to stretch its delegated powers 5. an act that endagers or betrays one's country 7. ___________ on impeachment charges is held in the Senate 9. private meetings in which Republicans or Democrats choose their leaders 12. a serious offense, means the member must give up his or her seat in Congress 13. this happens when state legislators draw district lines that favor a particular political party 15. laws that is applied to an act that occurred before the law went into effect 16. means distributed, we do this after the census 20. means limiting the number of times a person can serve in Congress 21. less serious offense, a formal disapproval of a member's actions 22. if the president doesn't sign within 10 days, this goes into effect 23. type of lawmaking body we have with two houses 24. legal protection for members of Congress when they travel to and from a meeting in Congress