Government crossword
Across
- 2. Establishes rules for air traffic
- 4. Was a major step in the growth of union rights
- 6. Issues weather forecasts
- 7. Deals with criminals who operate on a worldwide scale
- 8. Created after the stock market crash of 1929
- 9. Nicknamed Fannie Mae
- 12. Created to provide safe, affordable housing
- 15. Approves new prescription drugs
- 16. Oversees the nation's transportation system
- 18. Insures deposits people have in banks
- 21. Rewards almost 50,000 grants to more than 30,000 researchers
- 22. Nicknamed Ginne Mae
- 23. Provides startup and recovery loans to businesses
- 24. Gives subsidies to farmers
- 25. Grants licenses for radio and television stations
- 28. Pulled together twenty-two agencies when it was created
- 29. First independent agency Congress created. Abolished in 1995
- 30. Used to stand for Veterans Administration
Down
- 1. Leads the federal government's response to natural disasters
- 2. Investigates threats of terrorism and foreign intrigue against the country
- 3. Delivers Mail
- 4. Created to organize a national space exploration program
- 5. Replaced the federal security agency
- 10. A bunch of countries working together
- 11. Overseen by the HUD. Makes it easier for people to get homes
- 13. America's largest employer
- 14. Oversee six geographic areas
- 17. A new deal program to develop the area in and around the Tennessee River
- 18. Nicknamed Freddie Mac
- 19. Their code is thousands of pages long
- 20. Accounts for one-fourth of federal spending today
- 21. Provides grants for artistic endeavors and scientific research
- 22. Created as a watchdog organization to ensure that federal offices and personnel stay within the law and budget
- 24. Has provided competition for the USPS in delivering packages
- 25. Franklin Roosevelt created this with an executive order in 1933
- 26. Coordinates the intelligence gathering work of the government
- 27. Highest ranking members of the military
- 28. Headed by the Attorney General