Across
- 3. Amendments that pertain to the president.
- 5. Shares of individual wages and corporate revenues collected by the government.
- 7. A procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.
- 9. A link between the president's foreign and military advisors and the president.
- 13. A member of congress who is responsible for running a committee. They have a lot of influence over the committee agenda.
- 16. The personnel who run the white house and advise the president.
- 21. Elections for members of congress between presidential elections.
- 22. A theory that states that the president deals with both Domestic and Foreign policy.
- 24. A formal agreement between the US president and the leaders of other nations that doesn't need Senate's approval.
- 25. Government Accountability Office - Investigative arm of congress.
- 26. A state mandatory requirement for the executive branch.
- 27. The delay of a debate or a vote.
Down
- 1. The review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, and policy implementation.
- 2. Presidential staff who oversee the policy interests of the president.
- 4. Proposal, Introduction to the House and Senate, Standing committee, Floor debate, Vote, Goes to a conference committee, President.
- 6. The idea that votes choose candidates in order to fulfill campaign promises.
- 8. Presidential power to strike specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire bill.
- 10. A group of people who head the executive departments of the government and act as official advisors.
- 11. The president's power to acknowledge a foreign government as legitimate.
- 12. A committee that determines the rules for a debate of a bill.
- 14. Office of Management and Budget - Assists the president in making a budget.
- 15. A congressional resolution designed to limit the US president's ability to start/escalate foreign military action.
- 17. A decision to reject a bill.
- 18. A person who leads the country through disasters.
- 19. An extra provision on an important bill so that it'll have to pass.
- 20. A resolution by a legislative group that invalidates an action by the executive branch.
- 23. Members of congress are assigned to committees to investigate problems with suggested bills.
