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Stuff Not Even Your Parents Know
100

This is the length of a term for a member of the House of Representatives.

What is 2 years?

100

This is the total number of members in the U.S. Senate.

What is 100?

100

This is the action the President takes to reject a bill.

What is a veto?

100

This branch has the power to veto laws passed by Congress.

What is the executive branch?

100

This Senate leader is the most powerful member of the majority party.

Who is the Majority Leader?

200

This power allows the House to formally charge a federal official with wrongdoing.

What is impeachment?

200

This is the length of a U.S. Senator’s term.

What is 6 years?

200

This action happens when a committee makes changes to a bill.

What is amending?

200

This body holds impeachment trials and can remove officials from office.

What is the Senate?

200

The number of times congress has imoeached a president.

What is four?

(for an additional 100 pts name the Presidents)

300

This principle determines how seats in the House are distributed among the states.

What is population?

300

This is the presiding officer of the Senate, who only votes to break ties.

Who is the Vice President?

300

The is action is a workaround for the President to take action without a congressional bill.

What is an Executive Order?

(for an additional 100 pts what President has the highest number of Executive Orders?)

300

This power allows the President to influence the judicial branch beyond appointments.

What is granting pardons?

300

This type of veto occurs when the President takes no action and Congress adjourns.

What is a pocket veto?

400

This constitutional requirement sets the minimum age for House members.

What is 25 years old?

400

This constitutional requirement sets the minimum age for Senators.

What is 30 years old?

400

If the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, this group works out the differences.

What is a conference committee?

400

This power allows courts to interpret laws and determine their constitutionality.

What is judicial review?

400

This term describes a bill that is ignored and never brought up for discussion or vote in committee.

What is “pigeonholed”?

500

This is the total number of voting members in the U.S. House of Representatives.

What is 435?

500

This Senate rule allows unlimited debate unless stopped by a vote.

What is the filibuster?

500

This is the vote required in Congress to override a presidential veto.

What is two-thirds of BOTH houses?

500

This principle divides government into three branches.

What is separation of powers?

500

The Speaker of the House is Mike Johnson. He hails from what state?

Louisiana