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Committee chairpersons are chosen on the basis of

this

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What is seniority?

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This type of committee is permanent, and is the first place a bill is referred to

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What is a standing committee?

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This type of committee is

sometimes known as a “third house,” since

they write the compromise bill

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What is a conference committee?

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This is the approximate percentage of bills that die

in committee

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What is 90%?

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This term is used when a committee

refuses to report on a bill

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What is pidgeonholing?

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Senators in the minority often

threaten this to force a compromise

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What is a filibuster?

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This house of Congress has fewer

rules to operate under than the other house

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What is the Senate?

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This is an amendment that does not seem to

relate to the content of a bill

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What is a rider?

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This government spending usually serves the sole

purpose of getting a Congressman

reelected

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What is pork-barrel spending?

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This group of Congressmen sets the limits on amendments

and time for debate

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What is the Rules Committee?

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The person holding this office replaces the President of the Senate when he is

absent

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Who is the president pro tempore?

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This is the current House

Minority Leader ?

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Who is Nancy Pelosi?

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The party leader with this title would have the job

of counting how everyone in his party

plans to vote

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Who is the whip?

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The floor leader is most responsible for

planning this

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What is party strategy?

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This is the current Senate minority

leader

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Who is Mitch McConnell (R-KY?

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This is where most of the work in Congress

is done

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What is committee?

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This is the person who chooses which

subcommittee to refer a bill to

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Who is the chairperson?

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This is the amount of time the president has to sign or veto a bill

after Congress passes it

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What is 10 days?

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This is a vote of 60 to end a filibuster

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What is cloture?

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This type of bill or resolution would be used to propose a

Constitutional Amendment

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What is a joint resolution?

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According to election records, this is

Barack Obama’s home state

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What is Illinois?

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This is the name of author Stieg Larson’s

first novel in his trilogy of fictional books?

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What is “The Girl with the Dragon

Tattoo”?

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These are the last 5 presidents in reverse order, starting with

Obama?

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Who are Obama, Bush (43), Clinton,

Bush (41), & Reagan ?

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If Arizona’s governor dies, this person takes over

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Who is the Secretary of State?

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This Civil War general invented the concept of

“total war” when he marched through Georgia and burned everything he

passed

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Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?


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