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3. Committee chairpersons are chosen on the basis of this

4. What is seniority?

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

6. What is a standing committee?

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

8. What is a conference committee?

9. This is the approximate percentage of bills that die in committee

10. What is 90%?

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

12. What is pidgeonholing?

13. Senators in the minority often threaten this to force a compromise

14. What is a filibuster?

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

16. What is the Senate?

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

18. What is a rider?

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

20. What is pork-barrel spending?

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

22. What is the Rules Committee?

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

24. Who is the president pro tempore?

25. This is the current Senate Majority Leader

26. Who is Harry Reid?

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

28. Who is the whip?

29. The floor leader is most responsible for planning this

30. What is party strategy?

31. This is the current Senate minority leader

32. Who is Mitch McConnell?

33. This is where most of the work in Congress is done

34. What is committee?

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

36. Who is the chairperson?

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

38. What is 10 days?

39. This is a vote of 60 to end a filibuster

40. What is cloture?

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

42. What is a joint resolution?

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

44. What is Illinois?

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

46. What is the Washington Nationals?

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

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

49. If Arizona’s governor dies, this person takes over

50. Who is the Secretary of State?

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

52. Who is William T. Sherman?