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Across 1. the member of the US senate chosen to preside in absence of the president of the senate 3. the presiding officer of the house of representatives 8. term for the president as the main architect of foreign policy 9. directive, rule, or regulation issued by a chief executive or subordinates 12. mercy of leniency granted to an offender by a chief executive 13. vice president acts as president temporarily 15. presidential advisory body 16. an official postponement of the execution of a sentence 18. term for the president as a commander of the nations armed forces 19. betrayal of ones country 20. chief executives power to reject a bill passed by congress 22. the constitutions executive article 24. the refusal of the president to spend money that has been appropriated by Congress 25. highest executive officer of a modern republic 26. type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislator has adjourned

Down 1. vice president 2. a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state 4. The executive branch 5. to bring formal charges against a public official 6. power of president to issue executive orders 7. a blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators 10. term for the president as the main architect of public policy 11. amendment that sets limits to a presidents time in office 14. amendment that says vice president takes power when the president is unable to 17. officer next in rank to president who serves as president in the presidents absence 21. the practice of offering something in order to gain an illicit advantage 23. release from punishment or legal consequences of a crime