Person employed by a public interest group or company to meet with legislators and influence their ideas/voting
What is a lobbyist?
100
I was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
Term for powers that both the federal government and states share
What is concurrent powers?
100
This committee contains both members of the House and Senate who work together to iron out differences on similar bills
What is a conference committee?
100
I can introduce a bill in Congress
What is a member of Congress (the House or the Senate)?
200
Group that collects money to support specific political candidates
What is a political action committee (PAC)?
200
This act of Congress limits the president's decisions on use of the military
What is the War Powers Act?
200
Three actions/powers both the state and federal governments do
What is tax, manage courts, define crimes?
200
One method to keep the Senate from voting on a bill
What is a filibuster?
200
I have so many special amendments attached to me that I light up the faces of all of the senators and House members who are now getting special requests for their states
What is a Christmas Tree bill?
300
Government entity that monitors the dealings of political action committees
What is the Federal Election Commission?
300
I was president during the first Gulf War when Iraq invaded Kuwait
Who is George H.W. Bush?
300
Idea that each state must recognize the civil laws and legal proceedings of other states
What is Full Faith and Credit?
300
Attachment to a bill guaranteed to pass that adds something to the original wording
What is a rider?
300
Two places amendments can be added to a bill
What is in committee or on the floor of the Senate/House?
400
Give five examples of a public interest group
Answers will vary
400
The name of Lyndon B. Johnson's domestic program to end poverty
What is the Great Society?
400
Article of the Constitution that outlines responsibilities of the national government to the states
What is IV (the 4th)?
400
4 methods of voting in Congress when a bill is presented to the floor
What is a voice vote, standing vote, roll call, or electronic tally?
400
The term for a committee ignoring a bill until it dies
What is pigeonholing?
500
3 regulations for a PAC
What is must give money to at least five different candidates, must collect money from at least fifty contributors, cannot directly give more than $5000 to any one candidate
500
I sent troops to Bosnia and Croatia to stop ethnic fighting after the breakup of Yugoslavia
Who is Bill Clinton?
500
Three things states cannot do according to the Constitution
What is coin money, make treaties with foreign governments, grant titles of nobility?
500
Percentage vote of Congress required to override a veto
What is 2/3?
500
Percentage vote in the senate required for a cloture to stop a filibuster