Across
- 4. person selected bc of their knowledge to act to the best of their belief to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States
- 9. process of dividing seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the states after census
- 11. ___ ___ veto = power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, without vetoing the entire legislative package
- 15. congress has this to review, monitor, and supervise federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation
- 17. ____ Committee (aka Special Committee) - temporary committee appointed for specific purpose
- 18. ___ and ____ Committee - chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
- 20. type of jurisdiction over a case heard before in a lower court, only on constitutional issues
- 23. ___ v. ___ was the first case about gerrymandering, which declared "one person one vote"
- 28. ____ advantage = easier for someone already holding office to be reelected
- 29. Congress law giving an agency budget authority
- 30. done by Congress via legislation that “can establish, continue, or modify an agency, program, or activity for a fixed or indefinite period of time”
- 32. ___ ____ act in 1973 to try & restrain prez's war-declaring powers by making them notify Congress after troop deployment (little effect)
- 33. used to help bills get passed by adding $ for a home project on a bill
- 34. ___ Committee - responsible for the rules under which bills will be presented to the House of Representatives
- 37. _____ Committee - deal with legislation and very powerful bc members permanently on there are experts
- 39. ___ __ __ is specific intent to give or receive a “thing of value” in exchange for some future action that the public official will take
- 40. Independent _______ = those agencies that exist outside of the federal executive branch
- 41. Stare ______ is a legal principle that directs courts to adhere to previous judgments (or judgments of higher tribunals) while resolving a case with allegedly comparable facts
- 42. (___ #__)Hamilton essay arguing for a single, robust executive provided for in the United States Constitution
- 43. _______ Service Act gave accountability regulation by making bureaucrats be hired for merit, not through spoils
- 44. any action – or inaction – by an officer or employee of the federal government that precludes federal funds from being obligated or spent
- 45. ___ petition = means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee
Down
- 1. Writ of _____ is a request for a court to order up records from a case from lower courts
- 2. (#) amendment says if VP position is vacant, prez will appoint a new one confirmed by senate & if prez is incapactitated (agreed upon by cabinet), VP will become acting prez
- 3. person selected to reflect the ppl's belief to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States
- 5. enforce that the will of party leaders gets done
- 6. (#) amendment established the electoral college where one vote cast for prez and one for vp
- 7. ____ Committee - joint committee made to iron out dif b/w senate & house versions of specific piece of legislation
- 8. Senatorial ______ is a custom where presidential appointments are confirmed only if there is no objection to them by the senators from the appointee's state
- 10. ____ Committee - with members from both the House & Senate
- 12. ____ and Proper clause used to create National Bank
- 13. clause that requires the President to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed
- 14. ____ _____ term used to describe the president's power to create the political agenda bc of their immense media coverage & popularity
- 16. ___ v. ____ case which made it illegal to gerrymander on racial grounds
- 19. ___ ____ legislation - allows reps to bring home "bacon" to their districts (earmarking) by setting aside $ for specific programs
- 21. a person/politician with strong political views
- 22. used as incentive to pass bills by a social trade of votes
- 24. type of bill which is all-encompassing
- 25. _____ statement = written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law
- 26. _____ v. ______ declared the Writ of habeas corpus unconstitutional and established judicial review
- 27. (#) amendment says no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice
- 31. vote to end debate in Congress
- 34. Federal _____ = proposed rules in bureaucracy open for public discussion
- 35. executive _______ = the ______(same word) claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest
- 36. a bill that rides on another bill, like an amendment (attach something the other party wants to a bill)
- 38. Independent _____ Commissions = federal agencies created by an act of Congress that are independent of the executive departments