"House"
Confinement to your own home as legal punishment
House Arrest
Formed in 1995, it's a "canine" coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats in the House
Blue Dogs
In prayer this phrase traditionally follows "Hail Mary"
Full of Grace
If you complete a rescue of someone, you "save his" this meat
bacon
Both sides of the Dardanelles Strait are in this country
Turkey
It means an unstable construction, though 25-foot versions have been created
A House of Cards
You must be 30 to be a U.S. senator & this minimum age to be a member of the House of Representatives
25
I'm on your side; I'll always do this, the same as "step up to home plate", for you
Go to bat
Term for a government project designed merely to benefit a politician's constituents
pork
Lake Ontario is 326' below Lake Erie, so serious water will fall at some point in this river connecting the 2 lakes
The Niagara River
A get-to-know-me party given by someone who's just moved in
Housewarming
The states with only one representative are Wyoming, Vermont, the Dakotas, Delaware & this state
Alaska
In a 1988 political speech, they came before "no new taxes"
read my lips
To "run around like" one of these means to do things without thinking
a chicken with his head cut off
In 1974 this Idaho river seemed to scream, "Leap over me in a rocket!"; then "Nice try!"
The Snack River
The AMA says, "physicians making" these "may sound like fabled history", but they have a place in medicine today
House Calls
The only Speaker of the House to become president was this Tennessee representative & 11th president
James K. Polk
Proverbially, it "is better than none"
Half a loaf
A 90's movie quote: "First prize is a Cadillac... second prize, a set of" these. "Third prize is you're fired"
steak knives
"If you ever go across the sea to Ireland", check out this bay on the west coast, immortalized in song
Galway Bay
This European songbird takes its name from its habit of building nests in the eaves of homes
House Martin
Upset about taxes? Take it up with this committee, the House's main one for writing tax bills
The Ways and Means Committee
This phrase for a non-working appliance contains a diminutive of "Friedrich"
On the fritz
Completes a phrase for something that doesn't fit a recognizable category, "neither fish..."
nor fowl
The creation of this lake, AKA Lake Nubia, forced the removal of many Egyptian artifacts
Lake Nasser