civics 7 extra credit
Across
- 2. to accuse an officeholder of misconduct
- 4. method of referring potential laws directly to the people for approval
- 9. counts votes, encourages party loyalty, and ensures that the party's members are present in the Senate
- 11. a bill approving the spending of money
- 14. private political party meetings.
- 15. when the president chooses to keep a bill for 10 days without signing
- 17. practice of drawing district lines that favor a particular political party.
- 20. group of laws that define what acts are crimes
- 21. an act that betrays or endangers one's country
- 22. most powerful officer in House
- 23. powers that are not specifically granted but relate to delegated powers
Down
- 1. a lawmaking body of two houses.
- 3. the extent of authority that a court has
- 5. the head of the Department of Justice
- 6. president of the Senate when the Vice President cannot be present
- 7. the art of interacting with foreign governments
- 8. all of the employees of government agencies and executive departments
- 10. a proposed law
- 12. process where the accused asks for review by a higher court
- 13. when the president refuses to sign a bill
- 16. group of laws that refer to disputes between people
- 18. officials who represent the United States around the world
- 19. the chief executive in each state