Across
- 4. The privilege of the president to keep executive branch conversations and correspondence confidential
- 7. Federalist paper that supported a strong executive that has accountability and can make unilateral decisions
- 8. All revenue bills originate in the ...
- 9. Federal grant provided to a state government to be spent within a certain policy area, but the state can decide how to spend the money within that area.
- 11. Powers that are not delegated to the federal government are given to the states
- 12. A statement issued by the president when signing a bill into law explaining his or her interpretation of the law
- 13. Senate action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill
- 15. Federalist paper that claims factions are inevitable but can be controlled with a republic form of gov't
Down
- 1. The group of 15 executive department heads who implement the president’s agenda in their respective positions
- 2. Congressional efforts to make sure that laws are implemented correctly by the bureaucracy after they have been passed
- 3. Model of representation in which Congress loyally represents constituents’ direct interests
- 5. power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill is a _____ item veto
- 6. The division of power across the local, state and national governments
- 10. The process of re-drawing district boundaries to benefit a political party, protect incumbents, or change the proportion of minority voters in a district
- 14. Founding document that opposed the creation of a strong national government, supports state's rights