Government Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. A program added to the Social Security system in 1965 that provides hospitalization insurance for the elderly and permits older Americans to purchase inexpensive coverage for doctor fees and other health expenses
  2. 5. A model of democracy in which a small number of people, usually those who are wealthy and well-educated, influence political decision-making
  3. 9. The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster
  4. 11. powers exercised by Congress that are not expressly granted to it by the Constitution, but are deemed “necessary and proper"
  5. 13. Allows the powers not specifically given to the federal government to be given to the states and people of the states.
  6. 14. The pen name of an Anti-Federalist in a series of essays designed to encourage New Yorkers to reject the proposed Constitution.
  7. 15. The distribution of tax money to the state governments
  8. 17. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
  9. 19. The Constitution grants the president 10 days to review a measure passed by the Congress. If the president has not signed the bill after 10 days, it becomes law without his signature
  10. 21. The supreme law of the United States that establishes the framework of the federal government and lays out the rights and responsibilities of citizens
  11. 22. "Two chambers," and in practice refers to a government structure involving two houses, or two legislative bodies, that are separate in deliberation from one another
  12. 24. The fundamental rights to which all humans are entitled without interference
  13. 25. A conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to
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  1. 1. Gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nation
  2. 2. Social insurance that provides economic assistance to persons faced with unemployment, disability, or old age
  3. 4. Grants issued by the United States Congress which may be spent only for narrowly defined purposes
  4. 6. Prohibits the federal government from imposing unduly harsh penalties on criminal defendants
  5. 7. Clause McCulloch v. Maryland used this clause
  6. 8. A party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.
  7. 10. A requirement the federal government imposes as a condition for receiving federal funds
  8. 12. Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government
  9. 16. An annual sum of money that is awarded by the federal government to a state or local government body to help fund a specific project or program
  10. 18. A formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official.
  11. 20. The power of the government to take private property for public use
  12. 23. In late 1786, farmers in western Massachusetts—facing high land taxes (and growing debt) and feeling that the economic (and governing) class in Boston didn’t represent them—took matters into their own hands