Across
- 2. A public assistance program designed to provide healthcare to poor Americans. (Compare to Medicare)
- 5. Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments, the vice president, and a few other officials selected by the president. Cabinet departments are created by Congress
- 7. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
- 8. funds given by Congress to states and localities that are earmarked by law for specific categories such as education or crime prevention
- 13. powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states
- 15. Constitutional basis for civil rights and equality under the law
- 16. A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older
- 19. A law making body made of two houses (bi means 2). Example: Congress (our legislature) is made of two house - The House of Representatives and The Senate.
- 20. A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and the desire to create a nonpartisan government service.
- 21. An action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
- 22. Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which delegates to Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states and with Indian Tribes." This clause was interpreted by the Supreme Court to favor national power over the economy
- 23. Makes the laws. It is composed of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate).
Down
- 1. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue. Used only in the Senate
- 3. Chief executive's (president's) power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
- 4. the principle that states should oppose increases in the authority of the national government. This view was most popular before the Civil War.
- 6. a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states. Weakly organized the 13 states under a central congress.
- 9. the system of government in which a constitution divides power betweem a central government and a regional government
- 10. powers derived from the necessary and proper clause (Article I, Section 8) of the Constitution. Such powers are not specifically expressed but are implied through the expansive interpretation of delegated powers
- 11. An agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each other's bills
- 12. A group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress.
- 14. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting a party, group, or incumbent
- 17. Enforces the laws. It is headed by the President and includes the Vice President and federal agencies.
- 18. Interprets the laws and the Constitution. It consists of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts.
- 20. the mechanism through which each branch of government is able to participate in and influence the activities of the other branches