Across
- 2. A Senate Rule that is used to end a Filibuster
- 7. Mandatory spending on government programs like Social Security
- 8. Two house legislature
- 9. An earlier appellate decision that guides courts in deciding later cases
- 12. A procedure in the Senate where a senator can request a delay on a bill
- 17. The clause that prevents government from supporting a singular religion
- 18. The Bill of rights applied to the states
- 20. This is the age for US Senators
Down
- 1. A temporary committee to resolve differences in bills
- 3. Transferring responsibility for policy development to state and local governments
- 4. The difference in a polls results and the opinion of the surveyed population
- 5. Friend of the Court
- 6. This amendment is STATES RIGHTS
- 10. A type of federalism that involves sharing power
- 11. A type of write that requires a lower court to send up case records
- 13. Congresses authority to monitor how bureaucracy implements laws
- 14. A system of government with a written constitution divided among the national, state, and local levels
- 15. This guy rebelled and showed everyone we needed a stronger national government
- 16. A type of writ that requires a lower court to perform a task
- 19. Efforts by interest groups to influence public policy thru talks with government officials