The O-Bidens
Bidenomics
The 117th
Odd-Year Contests
Eyes on the Prize
100

President Biden's Secretary of the Treasury, she was first appointed chair of the Federal Reserve's board of governors by President Obama.

Who is Janet Yellen?

100

By one of the executive orders President Biden signed on Day 1, the US rejoined this international climate accord.

What is the Paris Agreement?

100

These are the two Senators most responsible for the delay in passing the Build Back Better Act, or the budget reconciliation bill.

Who are Joe Manchin (of West Virginia) and Kyrsten Sinema (of Arizona)?

100

This MIT Democrats-endorsed candidate has proposed a Green New Deal for Boston.

Who is Michelle Wu?

100

This late Congressman from Georgia is honored in a bill that would restore the protections of the Voting Rights Act to ensure federal oversight of restrictive voting measures.

Who is John Lewis?

200

In President Biden's cabinet, this man returned to the position he held for 8 years in President Obama's cabinet.

Who is Tom Vilsack?

200

Colloquially, this package, negotiated by a group of centrist Senators, would be the largest federal investment in climate adaptation ever.

What is the bipartisan infrastructure package?

200

This two-time presidential candidate now chairs the influential Senate Budget Committee.

Who is Sen. Bernie Sanders of VT?

200

This governor defeated the recent Republican-led recall election by double digits.

Who is Gavin Newsom?

200

Symbolically numbered HR1 for its importance, this bill would ban political gerrymandering, mandate basic election access provisions, and restrict PAC and corporate donations to campaigns, among other pro-democracy provisions.

What is the For the People Act?

300

This former UN Ambassador now serves elsewhere in the State Department as the Administrator of USAID.

Who is Samantha Power?

300

By one of the executive orders President Biden signed on Day 1, the government extended a pause on collecting payments from these financial instruments.

What are federal student loans?

300

A freshman this Congress, he is Massachusetts' newest member of Congress.

Who is Jake Auchincloss (of Newton representing Massachusetts' 4th)?

300

These are two of the four candidates for Cambridge City Council endorsed by MIT Democrats.

Who are Burhan Azeem, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Sumbul Siddiqui, and/or Dana Bullister?

300

Democratic state legislators from this state recently fled the state to slow the passage of a bill that significantly restricts access to the ballot box.

What is Texas?

400

Once an assistant to President Obama before moving to VP Biden's staff, this man now serves as President Biden's National Security Advisor.

Who is Jake Sullivan?

400

This act, priority #1 for the Biden Administration, provided funding for hospitals, public health agencies, vaccine distribution, and direct cash payments to low and medium-income individuals.

What is the American Rescue Plan?

400

This is the total of the ages of the three highest-ranking Democratic members of the House of Representatives; or, the number of years since Washington's crossing of the Delaware River.

What is 244 (+/- 5)?

400

The Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia most recently held this elected office.

What is Governor of Virginia?

400

When a Republican-controlled legislature in this state passed a bill restricting voting access, President Biden called it "Jim Crow in the 21st Century"

What is Georgia?

500

The only person to serve as White House Chief of Staff for a president's full 4-year term (Obama's second), he now serves as President Biden's Secretary of Veteran Affairs.

Who is Denis McDonough?

500

Within the Build Back Better Act, a massive budget reconciliation bill that includes greenhouse gas emissions reduction provisions and social investments, this policy was included in the first budget framework for the bill.

What is an expanded child tax credit, free community college, 12 weeks of paid family leave, subsidies for early childcare, or a Clean Electricity Tax Plan?

500

Of the three ideological caucuses among Democrats in the House, this is the largest.

What is the Progressive Caucus?

500

This is the most recent office of the Republican challenger to Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey.

What is State Assemblyman?

500

This state-by-state legislative effort seeks to establish a national popular vote in presidential elections by awarding all electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote.

What is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact?

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