Across
- 2. An executive _______ is a pact between a President and the head of a foreign state which does not require senate consent
- 4. The specific articles of the President come from the ________
- 5. A continuing _____ approves the amount of the previous year's budget to allow the government to keep functioning if a spending bill has not been ratified
- 6. The Public ____ is the accumulation of all money owed by the Federal Government
- 9. A ______ is a form which shows how much tax a person must pay
- 15. Independent _______ Commissions have their own quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial powers
- 17. Meaning mercy or leniency, the Presidential powers that apply only to federal cases
- 18. The U.S. Government's foreign policy before World War II
- 20. The head of each Cabinet department
- 23. ________veto power was the power to veto certain parts of spending and tax bills
- 25. _______ has the "power of the purse" and the power to tax
- 26. the "nerve center" of the Executive office of the President
- 29. All agencies, people and procedures through which the Federal Government operates
- 30. Senatorial _______ is the custom that gives the Senate some control over the President's power to appoint officials
- 33. Organization established after World War II to help ensure world peace
- 34. The _____ Doctrine used deterrence to counter Soviet aggressions.
- 35. build-up and show of military strength to discourage unwanted actions from other countries
- 37. The one exception to department heads, this is the chief officer of the Department of Justice
- 39. Type of agency which goes out and performs the work of the federal bureaucracy
- 41. economic and military aid to other countries
- 42. easing of tensions, notably after the U.S. withdrew from the Vietnam War
- 43. The _____ Doctrine warned European countries and Russia to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Down
- 1. Spending bills
- 3. the regional security alliance whose aim is to protect Western Europe
- 4. A ____ ____, or tariff, is a tax on imports
- 6. Units of cabinet rank
- 7. The amount the government spends beyond its budget each year
- 8. Spending which is not essential
- 10. Presidential pardon power which is in effect a blanket pardon for a group of law violators
- 11. the ______ power is the President's power to issue executive orders
- 12. The presidential power of ______ allows the President to shorten a person's prison sentence
- 13. Each bureaucrat has job ______ which defines his or her job duties and responsibilities
- 14. The U.S. began to emerge as a world power after its naval and land victories in the __________
- 16. This word describes the authoritative structure of the Federal Government
- 19. Benefits paid out to those who qualify; the largest area of federal spending
- 21. The National _____ _____ advises the President about the nation's security
- 22. The ______ branch of the U.S. Government is defined by Article I of the Constitution
- 24. An ______ Presidency uses of the powers of the President without congressional approval
- 27. A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states needing 2/3 Senate consent
- 28. Type of agency which supports other workers
- 31. The Office of ____ ___ ____, or OMB, helps the President produce the budget.
- 32. ______ taxes increase as income increases
- 36. fees for government services (passport, toll roads, minting of coins, etc.)
- 38. ____ ____ of Staff has a key role in creating U.S. military policy
- 40. the federal bureaucracy has _____ rules