Government

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Across
  1. 2. A person whose views favor more government involvement in business, social welfare, minority rights, & increased government spending
  2. 6. Political opposition drawn along party lines.
  3. 9. The legal right to vote, extended to African Americans by the Fifteenth Amendment, to women by the Nineteenth Amendment, and to people over the age of 18 by the Twenty-sixth Amendment.
  4. 10. a form of government in which the people select representative to govern them and make laws
  5. 13. A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states.
  6. 14. A strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation use their right to unlimited debate to prevent the Senate from ever voting on a bill. Must have 60 members to stop this
  7. 15. Those already holding office
  8. 16. specialized groups within standing committees
  9. 17. The exchange of political favors for support of a bill.
  10. 18. One of the key inducements used by party machines. Occurs when a job, promotion, or contract is given for political reasons rather than for merit or competence alone
  11. 20. The party who brings a civil action to court for the purpose of seeking a monetary remedy.
Down
  1. 1. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
  2. 3. the relatively ironclad relationships and patterns of interaction that occur among agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees
  3. 4. Party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill passing
  4. 5. a nation's basic law. It creates political institutions, assigns or divides powers in government, and often provides certain guarantees to citizens. Can be either written or unwritten.
  5. 7. The lifting of government restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities
  6. 8. A proposed law drafted in precise legal language
  7. 11. A group of members of Congress sharing some interest or characteristic
  8. 12. The official end to a filibuster through a 2/3 vote of the senate
  9. 19. Government departments headed by presidential appointees to help establish public policy and operate a specific policy area of governmental activity.