Committees
A kind of committee that is always there.
What is a standing committee.
The longest one was 24 hours and 18 minutes.
What is a filibuster?
This kind of representative always votes with their political party.
What is partisan?
The president says NO!
What is veto?
The current Speaker of the House.
Who is Mike Johnson?
Members of the House and Senate who meet to iron out differences in a bill before it goes to the President.
What is conference committee?
To draw a district in a very random way
What is gerrymandering?
This kind of representative always votes their conscience.
What is trustee?
The number for this is 51 in the Senate and 218 in the House of Representatives.
What is quorum?
The number of Republican Senators beginning in January 2025.
What is 52?
The people who representatives represent.
What is constituency?
Including a paragraph about health care in a bill about fixing roads is an example.
What is rider?
This kind of representative always votes the way their constituents want.
What is delegate?
In order to pass a bill in Congress, the bill has to go through "both chambers", otherwise known as
What is bicameral?
The date that Vice President Harris will act as President of the Senate and count the electoral votes before both houses of Congress.
What is January 6, 2025?
The chamber in Congress that is allowed to impeach the President.
What is the House of Representatives?
Congress granted a charter for the National Bank because Congress deals with money is an example.
This kind of representative votes in a variety of ways.
What is a politico?
The power to tax and the power to declare war are ___________ of Congress.
What is expressed powers?
If you want to get a tour of the Capitol in Washington DC, this is the person you contact.
What is your representative?
President Roosevelt did this on December 7,1941.
What is called a special session?
A cloture requires this many Senators to stop a filibuster.
What is at least 60?
The President does this when he doesn't like a bill passed by Congress but doesn't want to go on record for not liking it.
What is pocket veto?
In the 2022 general election, an average of 94% of ___________ nationwide won their re-election bids
What is incumbents?
As of last Thursday when this Jeopardy game was being created, how many House races were still too close to call?
What is 8?