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Grab Bag
100
The person with great control over what committee every member is on?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
100

When the House wants to vote on a bill, but the committee it is assigned to won't pass it. The House can vote on what to get the bill to them?

What is a discharge petition?

100

This is the best predictor in the outcome of a mid-term Congressional election.

What is the opposite party of the Presidency?

100
Supporting one another's legislation in Congress is known as this.
What is logrolling?
100

An example of this would be Congress conducting an investigation to uncover an executive department's wrongdoing.

What is oversight?

200
This committee reconciles differences between the House and Senate version of a bill?
What is a conference committee?
200

The January 6th committee was an example of this.

What is a select committee?

200

Party unity in Congress is maintained by this. Each party has one.

What is the whip?

200
This type of veto is unconstitutional at the federal level, but is still used by some state governors.
What is a line-item veto?
200

Two things that might make a gerrymandered district un-Constitutional.

What is not contiguous?

Not compact. 

Based solely on race. 

Unequal population. 

300
This type of committee is a permanent subject-matter committee
What is a standing committee?
300
This body of Congress has unlimited debate.
What is the Senate?
300
Name one advantage of incumbency.
What is increased campaign contributions, services for constituents, franking, etc.
300
A type of legislation that provides funding for local projects that are intended to benefit constituents
What is pork barrel legislation or ear marks?
300

The US House of Representatives district that we live in. 

What is the first?

400

This committee has members from both Houses and solves routine policy issues.

What is a joint committee?

400
This is the purpose of a filibuster
What is to delay or kill a bill.
400
The right of members of Congress to send mail to their constituents at the government's expense
What are franking privileges?
400

When a Congressperson chooses to vote the way the majority of their constituency wants them to.

What is delegate model?

400

Your two US Senators.

Klobuchar and Smith

500
Which committee in the House sets conditions for debate and amendments?
What is the Rules Committee?
500
This is used in the Senate to end debate on a bill, but it requires vote of 60.
What is cloture?
500

The current name of the President of the Senate.

(Kamala Harris) (or update)

500

The president failing to sign a bill after Congress' session has ended.

What is a pocket veto?

500
The number of years old a Senator must be to run.
What is 30?