Government: Chapter 6 Congressional Powers

To correct or improve

• Period

• Scheme

• Revise

• Bond

A series of events, as in time

• Period

• Scheme

• Major

• Bond

A government security

• Period

• Scheme

• Major

• Bond

Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree

• Revise

• Scheme

• Major

• Bond

to correct or improve

• Revise

• Schedule

• Major

• Period

the president’s refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program

• Checks and Balances

• National Budget

• Line-Item Veto

• Impoundment

when one party controls the White House and the other controls the House and Senate

• Split House

• Divided Government

• Two Party System

• Bipartisan

lying under oath

• Perjury

• Contempt

• Immunity

• Subpoena

power of the legislative branch to review the policies, programs, and activities of the executive branch on an ongoing basis

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Legislative Veto

• Impoundment

• Legislative Oversight

powers the government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers

• Immediate Power

• Expressed Power

• Implied Power

• Necessary Power