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Chapters 20-22 Crossword

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MR. KELLEY/Government
Horizontales
A form of government in which power is divided and shared between a central government and state and local governments.
Giving the right to vote to a person or category of persons.
A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the U.S. Congress.
A proposed law placed before a legislature for approval.
The power of Congress to undertake form inquiries into matters of public business and public policy.
The practice of attempting to affect legislation by influencing legislators.
Charging a public official with a crime while in office and bringing him or her to trial. Convicted officials are removed from office.
Length of service.
Verticales
The power of Congress to enforce laws.
Drawing the boundaries of an electoral district to favor a political party.
A presidential practice that allows a bill to die if not signed within ten days and Congress is adjourned. The president is conceived as keeping it in his pocket rather than taking it out and signing it.
The practice of refusing to surrender the floor during a debate to prevent the Senate from voting on a proposal.
A right or privilege. In the context of American politics, it means the right to vote.
Those powers ingrained so deeply in an institution that they need not be stated.
Those powers authorized by a legal document that not expressly stated but can be inferred from expressly stated powers. The power of Congress to do all things "Necessary and proper" to carry out the powers delegated to it by the U.S. Constitution.
A rule of the U.S. Senate stipulating that debate on a legislative proposal be cut off and the proposal voted upon by the full Senate if sixty members agree.