Obscure terms to know

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Across
  1. 3. a bill with many riders that has been given the nickname "Christmas tree bill"
  2. 10. One of the problems with bureaucracy is that some issues are handled by multiple entities, which wastes money
  3. 11. trading votes to gain support for a bill
  4. 12. the period of time in the early days of the presidency when the people are just getting to know their president
  5. 13. when the press secretary works to explain what the president actually meant
  6. 15. Gradually giving power back to the states
  7. 16. media's attention grants the president this power. Example: FDR's fireside chats
  8. 17. The Pendleton Act ushered in this type of system, where promotion was based on ability
Down
  1. 1. president sets a bill aside and after ten days Congress is no longer in session
  2. 2. the way to bring a bill out of a slow-moving or reluctant committee
  3. 4. George W. added these to bills he signed in to law giving his interpretation of the new law and how it will be carried out
  4. 5. in charge of party discipline in the House
  5. 6. Latin for "to make more certain"
  6. 7. states declaring actions of the federal government unconstitutional
  7. 8. when a committee chair in Congress decides to set a bill aside and debate it at a later time
  8. 9. what the patronage system was referred to prior to the civil service reforms
  9. 14. a rule, also known as Rule 22, that can be used to end a filibuster