Government Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. a group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the constitution, although every president has one
  2. 7. a resolution binding congress to a total expenditure level, supposedly the bottom line of all federal spending for all programs
  3. 8. a 1935 law intended to provide a minimal level of sustenance to older americans and thus save them from poverty
  4. 10. a proposed law drafted in legal language
  5. 11. ratified in 1951, this amendment limits the president to two terms of office
  6. 12. congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose
  7. 15. an excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues
  8. 16. a strategy unique to the senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation use their right to unlimited debate to prevent the senate from voting on a bill
  9. 17. the political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law, presided by the constitution
Down
  1. 1. a three member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy
  2. 3. those already holding office
  3. 4. a policy document allocating burdens and benefits
  4. 5. party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party
  5. 6. a vote in congress to override a presidential decision
  6. 9. the constitution's power of the president to send a bill back to congress with reasons for registering it
  7. 13. government spending. major areas of federal spending are social services and national defense
  8. 14. the principal leader of the minority party in the house of representatives or in the senate