Directions: Highlight the blanks!!!

The legislative branch is b______ which means that it is made up of t_____ houses, the House of R______and the S______. When Congress is in s______, they meet in the C______ B______. Both houses have a m______ leader, a minority leader, and majority and minority w______.

In order to run for the House of Representatives, one must be at least t______years old, a citizen for s______years, and l______ in the district in which he/she is elected. Representatives serve only t______ years while the Senators serve s______ years. Senators must be at least t______years old, a citizen for n______ years, and live in the state in which he/she is e______.

However, those are not the only differences between the House and the Senate. The number of Representatives for the House from a state is decided by the p______ of that state and there are 4_____ in total.Every t____ years, there is a c______that redistributes the n______ of representatives. On the other hand, each state has only t______ senators so there is a total of 1_____ senators. Furthermore, the leader in the House is referred to as the S______ of the House, and the leader in the Senate is the v______p______. When he cannot be there, though, the p______p______t______ will take control of the proceedings.

The House of Representatives is known as the l______house because they are c______ to the people and serve a shorter t______. The House is different from the Senate because it is the duty of the House to introduce r______ bills, and they also bring i______ charges against federal officials.

On the other hand, the Senate must a______or reject treaties that the president has made with other countries. They must also approve or r______presidential n______to the C______and the Supreme C______. Finally, even though it is the House that brings charges against a high ranking government official accused of i______behavior, the Senate acts as the j______and holds the trial.

Congress has many powers that are explained in Article I. A few of the most important powers are the ability to m______laws, declare w______, i______members of the e______ and judicial branches, coin m______, and raise and support an a______.These are e______powers of Congress which means that they are clearly stated in the C______.

The f______fathers knew that the C______would need to address issues that they could not anticipate, so they included the “n______and proper” clause into the Constitution. This clause is also known as the e______clause because it stretches the p______of Congress by stating that Congress has the r______to make all l______necessary to carry out the business of the government. The first example of the use of this power is when Alexander H______proposed the creation of the N______Bank. Since then, Congress has used this i______power to create laws.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH
President
Vice President
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Speaker of the House
House Majority Leader
House Minority Leader
President Pro Tempore
Senate Majority Leader
Senate Minority Leader
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chief Justice
PENNSYLVANIA
Senators
Representative in the House