Congress & The Presidency
Total U.S. Senators.
What is 100?
Program providing health insurance for elderly.
What is Medicare?
Assembly term length.
What is two years?
Body confirming appointments and ratifying treaties.
What is the Senate?
Program providing health insurance for low-income families.
What is Medicaid?
Total members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
Program providing retirement, disability, and survivor benefits.
What is Social Security?
Senate term length.
What is four years?
Power to reject a bill.
What is a veto?
Regulating money supply and interest rates.
What is monetary policy?
Power to forgive federal crimes.
What is a pardon?
Government taxing and spending decisions.
What is fiscal policy?
Nevada’s executive branch with multiple independently elected officials.
What is the plural executive?
Head of the military.
What is commander-in-chief?
Required by law, like Social Security.
What is mandatory spending?
Negotiating agreements without Senate approval.
What is an executive agreement?
Annual appropriations, like defense.
What is discretionary spending?
Governor when Nevada constitution adopted (1864).
Who is Henry Blasdel?
President limited to two terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Tax taking larger percentage from higher incomes.
What is a progressive tax?
Vote ending debate in the Senate.
What is cloture?
Law expanding health insurance coverage (2010).
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA / Obamacare)?
Nevada constitutional amendment requiring supermajority to raise taxes.
What is the Two-Thirds Rule?
Revenue and appropriations bills must start here.
What is the House of Representatives?
Tax taking larger percentage from lower incomes.
What is a regressive tax?