Congress
CCDBG
Advocacy vs. Lobbying
Oro y Plata
Legislative Process
100
Max Baucus and Jon Tester
Who are the 2 Senators that represent Montana?
100
The year CCDBG was first enacted
What is 1990?
100
These are the two kinds of lobbying.
What are Direct and Grassroots?
100
Montana's State Flower
What is the Bitterroot?
100
Before the full membership votes on it, these bodies first consider a bill.
What are Committees?
200
Steve Daines
Who is Montana's only Member of the House of Representatives?
200
The year CCDBG was last reauthorized.
What is 1996?
200
The two ways used to track lobbying expenses.
What are the "Insubstantial Part" test and the "501(h) Expenditure" test?
200
Montana's state animal
What is the Grizzly Bear?
200
After Congress approves a bill, this official must sign it to make it a law.
What is the President?
300
535
What is the total number of members of Congress from both the House and the Senate?
300
The percentage that the Quality Set-Aside in CCDBG is currently set at by Federal Law.
What is 4%?
300
This government agency monitors lobbying by non-profit organizations.
What is the IRS?
300
States that border it
What are Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming?
300
A congressional voting procedure in which members should "yea" in approval or "nay" in disapproval
What is a voice vote?
400
John Boehner and Harry Reid
Who are the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader?
400
Under current law, CCDBG doesn't require all providers accepting families with subsidy to conduct one of these before caring for children.
What are background checks (or inspections)?
400
The rules for Lobbying and Advocacy by non-profit organizations are found here.
What is the Tax Code?
400
Montana's Governor
Who is Steve Bullock?
400
A temporary committee of legislators from both the House and Senate created to work out differences in bills passed by both chamber of Congress
What is a conference committee?
500
Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee?
Who are Tom Harkin and Lamar Alexander?
500
Senator Barbara Mikulski from Maryland, Senator Richard Burr from North Carolina, Senator Tom Harkin, and Senator Lamar Alexander sponsored a bill to reauthorize CCDBG, which is known as the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013 or this bill number.
What is S.1086?
500
The Tax Code restricts lobbying expenses based on this.
What is an agency's budget?
500
In Montana, it is illegal for unmarried women to do this alone.
What is go fishing?
500
After the bill is assigned to subcommittee, these may be held.
What are hearings?
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