Government Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Branch of government capable of creating bills
  2. 8. A strategy employed in the Senate where opponents to legislation abuse the right to unlimited debate
  3. 10. A 2/3 vote is called this
  4. 11. Advisory body to the president
  5. 12. An official population count taken every 10 years
  6. 13. Rights specifically outlined in the Constitution
  7. 14. A charge of misconduct against someone who holds office
  8. 17. A voting member of a community
  9. 19. Constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress
  10. 20. Branch of government in charge of the courts
Down
  1. 2. One who tries to influence legislation on behalf of an interest group
  2. 3. A legislature divided in two houses
  3. 4. The division of power between the states and the federal government
  4. 5. Scandal involving President Nixon
  5. 6. One of the founding documents, law of the land
  6. 7. Branch of government capable of vetoing bills
  7. 9. The individual who already holds office
  8. 15. Head of the executive branch
  9. 16. The process by which society selects its leaders
  10. 18. 45th President of the United States