National Government

3. a proposed law given to the legislature for approval
6. powers of Congress that ARE specifically listed in the U.S. Constitution
8. a system in which each branch of government is able to restrain (check) the power of the others
9. two-chamber or two-house legislature, such as Congress with the House of Representatives and the Senate
10. refusal to sign a bill (president)
11. income a government collects for public use
12. complex government system of government with many departments, rules, and people
13. a group of advisers to the president; includes heads of 14 top-level executive departments

1. powers of Congress that are NOT specifically stated (inferred) in the U.S. Constitution
2. power given to state and federal Supreme Courts to declare laws unconstitutional (Marbury v. Madison)
4. division of government that interprets and applies laws; headed by Supreme Court
5. lawmaking division of the government; headed by Congress
6. division of the government that carries out (executes)the laws; headed by the president
7. to cancel; the legislative branch does this by getting a 2/3 vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate