Across
- 2. Meeting of party members used to choose candidates
- 3. Senate tactic of extended debate used to delay or block a bill
- 5. Federal Reserve control of interest rates and money supply
- 10. Procedure requiring 60 Senate votes to end debate
- 14. Formal directive issued by the president
- 19. Spending the federal government is legally required to make
- 20. Redrawing congressional district boundaries
- 23. Directly attempting to influence government officials
- 24. Government use of taxes and spending to influence the economy
- 27. Parties moving farther apart ideologically
- 28. Congressional election held in non-presidential years
- 29. Practice of exchanging votes in Congress
- 30. Power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional
Down
- 1. Organization that can spend unlimited money on campaigns
- 4. Shared political beliefs and values of a society
- 6. Transfer of power from the national government to the states
- 7. Current officeholder running for reelection
- 8. Federal funds given to states with few restrictions
- 9. Government programs guaranteeing benefits to eligible individuals
- 11. System in which power is shared between national and state governments
- 12. Congressional review of executive agencies
- 13. Process of taking a dispute to court
- 15. Political organization that raises and donates money to campaigns
- 16. Assistance provided to constituents dealing with government agencies
- 17. Citizen efforts to influence government policy
- 18. Applying Bill of Rights protections to the states
- 21. Drawing district boundaries to benefit a political party
- 22. Decline in voter loyalty to political parties
- 25. Theory that many groups compete to influence government
- 26. The right to vote