Government Terms

4. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials
6. Government by people
9. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party or group
10. support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another
11. prolong debate on proposed legislation
13. Written defamation of another person
14. A procedure for terminating debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate
16. A formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense
19. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group
20. makes all laws

1. Legislative or executive review of a particular government program
2. The right to vote
3. interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it to individual cases
5. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto
7. Domination of an industry
8. The current holder of the elected office
12. enforces the laws
15. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature
17. The proportion of the voting age public that votes
18. Mutual aid and vote trading among legislators