Across
- 3. power of the legislative branch to review policies, programs, and activities of the executive branchon an ongoing basis
- 4. a provision that Congress wrote into some laws that allowed it to review and cancel actions of executive agencies
- 6. the president’s refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program
- 10. the power of an executive to reject one or more items in a bill without vetoing the entire bill
- 11. the total amount of money the government has borrowed but not paid back
- 12. a bill that sets up a federal program and specifies how much money may be appropriated for the program
- 16. trade among states
- 17. Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out its duties
- 19. willful obstruction of justice
Down
- 1. the exclusive right of an inventor to manufacture, use, and sell his or her invention for a specific period, currently 20 years
- 2. when one party controls the White House and the other controls the House and Senate
- 5. the formal accusation of misconduct in office
- 7. powers directly stated in the Constitution
- 8. laws for raising money
- 9. the exclusive right to publish and sell a literary, musical, or artistic work for a specified period of time
- 13. a propposed law to authorize spending money
- 14. powers the government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers
- 15. lying under oath
- 16. freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts
- 18. a legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents