Motion to ____
The motion that opens debate in a committee session.
What is a "motion to open debate"?
The constitutional process where a bill passes Congress but the President refuses to sign it.
What is a veto?
The transfer of money, goods, or services from one country to another, typically to support economic development or humanitarian relief.
What is foreign aid?
A period of geopolitical rivalry and tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s.
What is the Cold War?
The famous document written in 1787 that begins with the words “We the People.”
What is the Preamble or Constitution?
This motion allows for a break with a specified time.
What is a "motion to recess"?
A delegate finishes a Pro speech for a bill and says:
What is "I yield the rest of my time to the Chair"?
This agency is responsible for administering civilian foreign aid.
What is USAID?
A status granting migrants the right to stay in the US based on fears of persecution back home on the basis of race, membership in a particular social group, political opinion, religion, or national origin.
What is asylum?
The minimum age to be elected President of the United States.
What is 35?
This motion allows informal discussion where delegates may move around and draft bills.
What is a "motion for an unmoderated caucus"?
When a delegate moves to introduce a bill and another delegate seconds the motion.
What is the committee votes and one-third must approve for the bill to be introduced?
An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.
What is a coalition?
Which's country's digital currency already in circulation as the world's largest CBDC pilot? (Hint: you should be able to guess this if you don't know)
China
The number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is 9 justices?
This motion immediately ends debate and moves the committee into voting procedure.
What is a "motion to move to Previous Question"?
The process after an amendment is deemed unfriendly.
What is voting on entertaining amendment, then if passed, pro/con debating on the amendment?
Financial support given by the government to help businesses or individuals.
What is a subsidy?
When the core of the nuclear reactor overheats and melts, potentially releasing harmful radiation into the environment.
What is a nuclear meltdown?
The maximum amount of years a United States president can serve.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (1000 POINTS): This motion removes a bill from consideration and effectively prevents it from being heard.
What is a "motion to lay on the table"?
A delegate submits a bill to the chair but it is rejected because it lacks the required support.
What is the bill lacking enough co-sponsors?
A digital form of government-issued money, backed by a country’s central bank, intended to function like cash but used electronically.
What is a central bank digital currency (CBDC)?
A Chinese artificial intelligence model; many have voiced data privacy concerns, and some US states have even banned the platform from government devices.
What is DeepSeek?
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?