CommitteesFloorLeadersBills/Res. Grab Bag

Committee chairpersons are chosen on the basis of this

What is seniority?

This type of committee is permanent, and is the first place a bill is referred to

What is a standing committee?

This type of committee is sometimes known as a “third house,” since they write the compromise bill

What is a conference committee?

This is the approximate percentage of bills that die in committee

What is 90%?

This term is used when a committee refuses to report on a bill

What is pidgeonholing?

Senators in the minority often threaten this to force a compromise

What is a filibuster?

This house of Congress has fewer rules to operate under than the other house

What is the Senate?

This is an amendment that does not seem to relate to the content of a bill

What is a rider?

This government spending usually serves the sole purpose of getting a Congressman reelected

What is pork-barrel spending?

This group of Congressmen sets the limits on amendments and time for debate

What is the Rules Committee?

The person holding this office replaces the President of the Senate when he is absent

Who is the president pro tempore?

This is the current Senate Majority Leader

Who is Harry Reid?

The party leader with this title would have the job of counting how everyone in his party plans to vote

Who is the whip?

The floor leader is most responsible for planning this

What is party strategy?

This is the current Senate minority leader

Who is Mitch McConnell?

This is where most of the work in Congress is done

What is committee?

This is the person who chooses which subcommittee to refer a bill to

Who is the chairperson?

This is the amount of time the president has to sign or veto a bill after Congress passes it

What is 10 days?

This is a vote of 60 to end a filibuster

What is cloture?

This type of bill or resolution would be used to propose a Constitutional Amendment

What is a joint resolution?

This is Barack Obama’s home state, from where he was elected to the Senate

What is Illinois?

This is the new name of baseball’s former Montreal Expos

What is the Washington Nationals?

These are the last 5 presidents in reverse order, starting with Obama

Who are Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Reagan?

If Arizona’s governor dies, this person takes over

Who is the Secretary of State?

This Civil War general invented the concept of “total war” when he marched through Georgia and burned everything he passed

Who is William T. Sherman?