Executive Branch

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Across
  1. 3. an itemized plan for the annual public expenditures of the United States
  2. 4. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
  3. 6. agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments
  4. 8. the order of U.S. political officeholders gaining succession to the presidency
  5. 9. someone who represents all of the people of the United States
  6. 10. a government's strategy in dealing with other nations
  7. 12. the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
  8. 13. responsible for carrying out negotiations with foreign leaders and their governments
  9. 14. claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest
  10. 17. a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law
  11. 22. a business that is paid to find suitable workers for other companies and organizations
  12. 23. the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed forces or a military branch
  13. 27. limited to removal from office but also provides a means by which a removed officer may be disqualified from holding future office
  14. 28. is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another
  15. 30. the power of a president, governor, or other elected executive to reject individual provisions of a bill
  16. 31. a person who serves as the symbolic leader of the country and represents the nation
  17. 33. is the main legal advisor to the government
Down
  1. 1. is the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information
  2. 2. the power to issue orders of the executive order
  3. 3. matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries
  4. 5. the office that is charged with the final say on law-making
  5. 7. highest ranking person
  6. 10. a year as reckoned for taxing or accounting purposes
  7. 11. One who provides leadership in the overall management of large projects or initiatives
  8. 15. granted by the executive branch of a state or the federal government to reduce a sentence, usually of a person who is currently incarcerated
  9. 16. refers to the general powers of the president and of governors to pardon, grant amnesty, commutation, or reprieve to individuals who have either been convicted of or may face the prospect of conviction for a criminal offense
  10. 18. top tier executive who supervises daily operations of an organization
  11. 19. domestic political activities, events, situations, etc
  12. 20. the temporary suspension or delay in the implementation of a criminal sentence ordered by the court
  13. 21. an official in a government department, in particular, one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs
  14. 24. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries
  15. 25. those agencies that actually perform the tasks for which the organization exists
  16. 26. the permanent professional branches of a government's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians
  17. 29. refers to the general powers of the president and of governors to pardon, grant amnesty, commutation, or reprieve to individuals who have either been convicted of or may face the prospect of conviction for a criminal offense
  18. 32. the use of executive power that exempts the individual to whom it was given from punishment