Across
- 2. a group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the constitution, although every president has one
- 7. a resolution binding congress to a total expenditure level, supposedly the bottom line of all federal spending for all programs
- 8. a 1935 law intended to provide a minimal level of sustenance to older americans and thus save them from poverty
- 10. a proposed law drafted in legal language
- 11. ratified in 1951, this amendment limits the president to two terms of office
- 12. congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose
- 15. an excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues
- 16. a strategy unique to the senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation use their right to unlimited debate to prevent the senate from voting on a bill
- 17. the political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law, presided by the constitution
Down
- 1. a three member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy
- 3. those already holding office
- 4. a policy document allocating burdens and benefits
- 5. 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 favored by the party
- 6. a vote in congress to override a presidential decision
- 9. the constitution's power of the president to send a bill back to congress with reasons for registering it
- 13. government spending. major areas of federal spending are social services and national defense
- 14. the principal leader of the minority party in the house of representatives or in the senate