Across
- 4. A government in which one party controls the white house and another party controls one or both houses of Congress
- 5. a government led by elected leaders
- 7. appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district.
- 10. The power to go public, power of persuasion, make executive agreements, issue executive orders, issue signing statements, create & use bureaucracy, personality and leadership, and make legislative proposals.
- 14. measures the population so that seats in the U.S. House of Representatives can be correctly distributed among the states during a census.
- 15. the trading of favors or votes trading to obtain passage of actions of interest to each legislative member
Down
- 1. manipulating district boundaries intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group
- 2. a public office or position that is provided a platform to promote their agenda
- 3. grants issued by the United States Congress which may be spent only for narrowly defined purposes, ex/ Head Start, Food Stamp, and Medicaid
- 6. Role played by elected representatives who act as trustees or as delegates, depending on the issue
- 8. A model of representation in which a member of the House or Senate follows his or her own conscience when deciding issue positions.
- 9. grant money given to states, for example, education without restrictions on how to use it.
- 11. a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics
- 12. Veto power, command armed forces, pardoning power, appointment powers, make treaties, convene Congress
- 13. an order imposed on by states, ex/ Americans with Disabilities Act