I Love America

1. Voting for a candidate based on predictions about what the candidate will do in the future
3. Voting for a candidate based on what he or she has done in the recent past
4. A vote to determine a party's candidate for office where only members registered to a political party are allowed to vote
6. The idea that members of Congress should use their expertise and judgment in making policy
9. The idea that the right to rule comes from the people
11. An informal procedure used in the Senate to talk a bill to death
13. Redistributing legislative seats according to the population so that each district has roughly the same population
15. Humans are entitled to Life, Liberty, and Property
17. The idea that members of Congress should make the policies favored by their constituents
19. The belief that people should be self-reliant, free from state control, and responsible for their own success or failure
21. The governments' use of the money supply to influence economic growth
22. Money given by the national government to the states to be used for specific, narrowly defined purposes
24. A procedure for getting a bill out of committee and onto the floor for a vote
25. The voters in a district or state who are represented by a member of Congress

2. An agreement with a foreign nation that does NOT require congressional approval
5. The statistical characteristics of a population
7. When a congressional committee holds a hearing to determine how well an agency is performing
8. Policy requiring police to inform suspects in custody of their rights
10. When the president doesn't sign a bill for 10 days, after Congress has adjourned
12. When members of Congress trade votes for favors in order to get bills they support passed
14. A theory that the wealthy have more influence
16. Rights provided by the government to protect groups from discrimination
18. Legislation or policy that has the support of both major political parties
20. groups of voters who support one political party over time
23. Drawing congressional district boundaries to benefit a group, usually a political party