ap gov unit 3

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Across
  1. 4. person selected bc of their knowledge to act to the best of their belief to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States
  2. 9. process of dividing seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the states after census
  3. 11. ___ ___ veto = power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, without vetoing the entire legislative package
  4. 15. congress has this to review, monitor, and supervise federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation
  5. 17. ____ Committee (aka Special Committee) - temporary committee appointed for specific purpose
  6. 18. ___ and ____ Committee - chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
  7. 20. type of jurisdiction over a case heard before in a lower court, only on constitutional issues
  8. 23. ___ v. ___ was the first case about gerrymandering, which declared "one person one vote"
  9. 28. ____ advantage = easier for someone already holding office to be reelected
  10. 29. Congress law giving an agency budget authority
  11. 30. done by Congress via legislation that “can establish, continue, or modify an agency, program, or activity for a fixed or indefinite period of time”
  12. 32. ___ ____ act in 1973 to try & restrain prez's war-declaring powers by making them notify Congress after troop deployment (little effect)
  13. 33. used to help bills get passed by adding $ for a home project on a bill
  14. 34. ___ Committee - responsible for the rules under which bills will be presented to the House of Representatives
  15. 37. _____ Committee - deal with legislation and very powerful bc members permanently on there are experts
  16. 39. ___ __ __ is specific intent to give or receive a “thing of value” in exchange for some future action that the public official will take
  17. 40. Independent _______ = those agencies that exist outside of the federal executive branch
  18. 41. Stare ______ is a legal principle that directs courts to adhere to previous judgments (or judgments of higher tribunals) while resolving a case with allegedly comparable facts
  19. 42. (___ #__)Hamilton essay arguing for a single, robust executive provided for in the United States Constitution
  20. 43. _______ Service Act gave accountability regulation by making bureaucrats be hired for merit, not through spoils
  21. 44. any action – or inaction – by an officer or employee of the federal government that precludes federal funds from being obligated or spent
  22. 45. ___ petition = means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee
Down
  1. 1. Writ of _____ is a request for a court to order up records from a case from lower courts
  2. 2. (#) amendment says if VP position is vacant, prez will appoint a new one confirmed by senate & if prez is incapactitated (agreed upon by cabinet), VP will become acting prez
  3. 3. person selected to reflect the ppl's belief to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States
  4. 5. enforce that the will of party leaders gets done
  5. 6. (#) amendment established the electoral college where one vote cast for prez and one for vp
  6. 7. ____ Committee - joint committee made to iron out dif b/w senate & house versions of specific piece of legislation
  7. 8. Senatorial ______ is a custom where presidential appointments are confirmed only if there is no objection to them by the senators from the appointee's state
  8. 10. ____ Committee - with members from both the House & Senate
  9. 12. ____ and Proper clause used to create National Bank
  10. 13. clause that requires the President to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed
  11. 14. ____ _____ term used to describe the president's power to create the political agenda bc of their immense media coverage & popularity
  12. 16. ___ v. ____ case which made it illegal to gerrymander on racial grounds
  13. 19. ___ ____ legislation - allows reps to bring home "bacon" to their districts (earmarking) by setting aside $ for specific programs
  14. 21. a person/politician with strong political views
  15. 22. used as incentive to pass bills by a social trade of votes
  16. 24. type of bill which is all-encompassing
  17. 25. _____ statement = written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law
  18. 26. _____ v. ______ declared the Writ of habeas corpus unconstitutional and established judicial review
  19. 27. (#) amendment says no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice
  20. 31. vote to end debate in Congress
  21. 34. Federal _____ = proposed rules in bureaucracy open for public discussion
  22. 35. executive _______ = the ______(same word) claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest
  23. 36. a bill that rides on another bill, like an amendment (attach something the other party wants to a bill)
  24. 38. Independent _____ Commissions = federal agencies created by an act of Congress that are independent of the executive departments