Cabinet Affairs
This office serves as the primary liaison between the White House and the heads of federal agencies
What is the Office of Cabinet Affairs?
This former U.S. Representative became the first Speaker of the House to be removed from the position in American history.
Who is Kevin McCarthy?
This candidate launched his presidential campaign with what became known as the 'Golden Escalator Ride'
Who is President Donald Trump?
This is the official name of the bill commonly referred to as Obamacare
What is the Affordable Care Act?
This landmark decision established the right to legal counsel for indigent defendants in state courts
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This senior Biden-Harris Administration appointee had their initial nomination withdrawn after past tweets resurfaced, derailing their Senate confirmation.
Who is Neera Tanden?
These four congressional leadership roles are collectively known as the 'Big Four' on Capitol Hill
What are the Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, and House Minority Leader?
Dubbed one of the biggest upsets in political history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated this New York Congressman in a primary challenge
Who is New York Rep. Joe Crowley?
This Trump-era bill, a $2.3 trillion relief package, was designed to mitigate the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
What is the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act?
This landmark decision expanded the role of money in politics by allowing corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts on elections
What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?
These five individuals served as White House Chief of Staff under President Trump during both terms in office.
Who are Reince Priebus, John Kelly, Mick Mulvaney, Mark Meadows, and Susie Wiles?
This former U.S. Senator from Florida resigned to join President Trump’s cabinet. He is now serving in these four key positions
Who is Marco Rubio?
What is Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, acting Administrator of US Agency for International Development, Acting Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration?
In 2014, President Obama faced significant controversy for wearing a suit of this color
What is a tan suit, associated with the Obama tan suit controversy?
This Biden-era bill was initially derailed by Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. It later passed, though in a 'lite' version of the original proposal
What is the Build Back Better Act?
This pair of Supreme Court cases encapsulates the creation and later revocation of the 'separate but equal' doctrine
What are Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
This is the approximate number of politically appointed positions across the executive branch and independent agencies.
BONUS: "Of those, this is the number that require Senate confirmation."
What is approximately 4,000 positions?
Bonus: What is approximately 1,300 of those require Senate confirmation?
This Senator currently holds the position of President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Who is Senator Chuck Grassley?
President Bush was reading this book during his visit to Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, when he first learned about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks
What is The Pet Goat by Siegfried "Zig" Engelmann?
These three amendments, passed after the Civil War, are collectively known as the Reconstruction Amendments
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This landmark Supreme Court case overturned key sections of the Voting Rights Act by striking down the preclearance coverage formula.
BONUS: What section of the Voting Rights Act was deemed unconstitutional, and which section was rendered ineffective?
What is Shelby County v. Holder (2013)?
BONUS: Section 4(b) was deemed unconstitutional, while Section 5 was rendered unenforceable.
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These 15 Cabinet-level officials follow the Vice President, Speaker of the House, and President pro tempore of the Senate in the presidential line of succession
Who are Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, Attorney General, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
This Democrat holds the record as the longest-serving Speaker of the House
Who is Rep. Sam Rayburn?
These are the five U.S. presidential elections in which the candidate who won the popular vote ultimately lost the election
What are Andrew Jackson in 1824 (to John Quincy Adams), Samuel Tilden in 1876 (to Rutherford B. Hayes), Grover Cleveland in 1888 (to Benjamin Harrison), Al Gore in 2000 (to George W. Bush), and Hillary Clinton in 2016 (to Donald J. Trump)?
This bill, originally titled the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act (GIVE Act) and later renamed after a Kennedy, reauthorized and expanded the AmeriCorps program
What is the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act?
A Supreme Court decision in this 2024 case overturned the decades-long legal principle known as Chevron Deference
What is Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo?