Module 5 Crossword

the committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy.
a conference of members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party or faction.
the permanent professional branches of a government's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians.
mercy; lenience.
a body of electors chosen or appointed by a larger group.
an international agreement, usually regarding routine administrative matters not warranting a formal treaty, made by the executive branch of the US government without ratification by the Senate.
a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law.
the unelected, administrative body in the Executive Branch. It is the back bone of the US Government.
a regular election for statewide or national offices.
a company that is owned by the government and operates with the same independence of a private business, except that the owner is the government.
agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments and the Executive Office of the President.
independent governmental body established by legislative act in order to set standards in a specific field of activity, or operations, in the private sector of the economy and then to enforce those standards.
establishes a main underlying theme.
the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offense.
The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage.
the order in which officials of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the office of president of the United States
a cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
a yearly address delivered each January by the president of the US to Congress, giving the administration's view of the state of the nation and plans for legislation.
a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
the branch of government exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
the system of courts that interprets and applies law in legal cases.
The court systems of local, state, and federal governments, responsible for interpreting the laws passed by the legislative branch and enforced by the executive branch.
the part of the United States government that creates laws.
the elected head of a republican state.
an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.
the working office space of the President of the United States, located in the West Wing of the White House