Across
- 2. A public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter such as the president's use of his prestige
- 6. use of governmental authority to control or change some practice in the private sector
- 7. lifting of gov. restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities
- 9. Persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers.
- 11. a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
- 14. Directive issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.
Down
- 1. Separate subject-matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas.
- 3. a system in which jobs and promotion are awarded for political reasons rather than for merit or competence
- 4. Hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization, operates on the merit principle, and behaves with impersonality
- 5. Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals
- 8. A strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death
- 10. a federal law prohibiting gov. employees from active participation in partisan politics while on duty or for employees in sensitive positions at any time
- 11. Those already holding office.
- 12. The mighty list of federal projects, grants and contracts available to cities, businesses, colleges and institutions
- 13. The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972