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Question 1

Bicameral Legislature

Answer 1

A two-house legislature

In my house me and my sister work like this with our parents being that we both need to agree to get things done.

Question 2

Apportionment

Answer 2

The process of allotting congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population, following the decennial census.
When I have to water the plants I have to make sure that all of them get water and can have sunlight to have a healthy garden.

Question 3

Impeachment

Answer 3

The power delegated to the house of representatives in the constitution to charge the president vice president or other civil officers, including federal judges, with treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. This is the first step in the constitutional process of removing government officials from office.

Question 4

Bill

Answer 4

A proposed law.

When I tell my sister to do something its like trying to get a bill pass.

Question 5

Edmund Burke

Answer 5

Conservative British political philosopher of the eighteenth century who articulated century who articulated the view that elected representatives should act as trustees and use their own best judgement when voting.
He is like the mind in your voice that tells you to be true to yourself.

Question 6

Trustee

Answer 6

Role played by an elected representative who listens to constituents opinions and then uses his or her best judgment to make a final decision.
This is like a mom that has to listen to her kids on who did what and who gets in trouble.

Question 7

Delegate

Answer 7

Role played by an elected representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions may refer to an elected representative to congress or a representative to the party convention.
This position is the kid at school that goes around to talk to different people to get the tea.

Question 8

Politico

Answer 8

An elected representative who acts as a trustee or as a delegate, depending on the issue.
In a school club this is like the president that has to get things done and still let people in the club rise.

Question 9

Incumbency

Answer 9

Already holding an office.

This is like when you go out to eat and you already have your friends holding your spot.

Question 10

Redistricting

Answer 10

The process of redrawing congressional districts to reflect increases or districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states, as well as population shifts within a state.
This is wanting to trade your food with the kid next to you just because you got something bad yet you are hungry for food.

Question 11

Gerrymandering

Answer 11

The drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district. 
This reminds me of when I was in art class and I would have to draw shapes in a 3-D way.

Question 12

Majority Party

Answer 12

The political party in each house of congress with the most members
This is like the popular group of kids that go around and has different friend groups.

Question 13

Minority Party

Answer 13

The political party in each house of congress with the second most members
This is like having a pair of twins yet one of them is just a little more lower in beauty or intelligence.

Question 14

Party caucus

Answer 14

A formal gathering of all party members

This is like when someone dies and people know but you still have a funeral to have a formal gathering.

Question 15

Speaker of the House

Answer 15

The only officer of the House of Representatives specifically mentioned in the constitution, the chambers most powerful position traditionally a member of the majority party.
This is the kid at school that has a lot of friends and has the power to influence the kids around him.

Question 16

Majority leader

Answer 16

The head of the party controlling the most seats in the House of Representatives of the Senate is second in authority to the speaker of the house and in the senate is regarded as its most powerful member.
This is the best child of the parent that can get their parents to do stuff for them better than the other sibling.

Question 17

Minority leader

Answer 17

The head of the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the House of Representatives or the Senate.
This is similar to the kid at school that is trying to be the popular kid but they are not their yet.

Question 18

Whip

Answer 18

Party leader who keeps close contact with all members of his or her party, takes vote counts on key legislation, prepares summaries of bills, and acts as a communications link within a party. 
This is like having a teacher that really cares about a student in a class that has to many students.

Question 19

President pro tempore

Answer 19

The official chair of the Senate; usually the most senior member of the majority party.
This is the older friend in a group that can help out the younger members with their problems.

Question 20

Standing committee

Answer 20

Committee to which proposed bills are referred; continues from one Congress to the next.
This is when you have to run your choice of clothing by your friends for a party.

Question 21

Joint Committee

Answer 21

Standing committee that includes members from both houses of Congress set up to conduct investigations or special studies.
This is when the teacher assigns groups and different kids have to work with other new kids.

Question 22

Conference Committee

Answer 22

Special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate.
This is your brain when you have to make sense of what you did last night when you were messy and you have the see the same people the next day.

Question 23

Select committee

Answer 23

Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose.
This is when you have to buy plastic table ware just because your messy family is coming over and you do not want to break your china.

Question 24

Hillary Clinton

Answer 24

First female major party candidate for president of the U.S a democrat, who ran against President Donald trump in 2016 also New York senator, former first lady.
She is like the super mom of the 1980s that is trying to have it all yet if you go through her emails it will show the dirty secrete of wanting it all.

Question 25

House Committee on Rules

Answer 25

The influential Rules Committee determines the scheduling and conditions such as length of debate and type of allowable amendments, for all bills in the House of Representatives.
This is like the strict parent that has complete control over their kids life and what they do.

Question 26

Discharge petition

Answer 26

Petition that gives a majority of the House of Representatives the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction.
This is the little person in your mind that makes you finally do the thing that you have been avoiding.

Question 27

Seniority

Answer 27

Time of continuous on a committee.

This is similar to when you have to make a plan in your head for the day and you have to get all of it done that day.

Question 28

Markup

Answer 28

A session in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor.
This is a regular persons rough draft when they have an important paper.

Question 29

Committee of the Whole

Answer 29

A procedure that allows the House of Representatives to deliberate with a lower quorum and to expedite consideration and amendment of a bill.
This is similar to when you go to a buffet and you get to chose the things you want to take back to the table.

Question 30

Hold

Answer 30

A procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor. This request signals leadership that a member may have objections to the bill and should be consulted before further action is taken.
This is like a parent that wants to stay involved in their kids life just to make sure that they are doing the right things in life.

Question 31

Filibuster

Answer 31

A formal way of halting senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate.
This is the preacher at church that talks a lot a people just get board because he is talking at the people instead of with the people.

Question 32

Cloture

Answer 32

Mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate.
This is when you want to make a move on a person but you have to go through with the plan with your friends to see what they think.

Question 33

Veto

Answer 33

The formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both housed of congress, thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action.
This is similar to a person that is popular and can reject what the people say around them because they do not like it yet they have the power to say no.

Question 34

Pocket veto

Answer 34

If Congress adjourns during the ten days the president has to consider a bill passed by both housed of Congress, the bill is considered vetoed without the presidents signature.
This is like when your two best friends think you should do something but you still do not know if you want to do it.

Question 35

Richard M Nixon

Answer 35

The 37 president, a republican, who served from 1969 through 1974. Nixon advocated detente during the Cold War and resigned rather than face impeachment and likely removal from office due to the Watergate scandal.
He is the all American man that is clean cut just like some military kids at our school.

Question 36

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Answer 36

Act that established the congressional budgetary process by laying out a plan for congressional action on the annual budget resolution, appropriation, reconciliation, and any other revenue bills.
This is when you are planning a vacation and you really have to think of how you are going to live.

Question 37

Reconciliation

Answer 37

A procedure that allows consideration of controversial issues affecting the budget by limiting debate to twenty hours, thereby ending threat of filibuster.
This is when a student has to make sense of a harsh issue and how they are going to do well at school.

Question 38

Pork

Answer 38

Legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts in the form of public works programs, military bases, or other programs.
This is when someone as a kid that likes to do volunteer work and then they have to get a job so they find a way to make money off of it.

Question 39

Programmatic requests

Answer 39

Federal funds designated for special projects within a state or congressional district. Also referred to as earmarks.
This is when you have a saving account and you make sure to put money into it for a special object or vacation.

Question 40

Divided Government

Answer 40

The political condition in which different political parties control the presidency and at least one house of Congress. 
This is when you get to see the different kids at school and where they come from in a class presentation.

Question 41

War Powers Resolution

Answer 41

Passed by Congress in 1973 the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a sixty-day period in peacetime unless congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period.
This is when you are angry at a friend and you have to make a plan on when you are going to talk to them again.

Question 42

Congressional review

Answer 42

A process whereby congress can nullify agency regulations with in a 60 day window by passing a joint resolution of legislative disapproval. The president approval of the resolution or a two-thirds majority vote in both houses to overrule a presidential veto is also required.
This is when you have to re think about what you did and make sure that you made the right choice.

Question 43

Senatorial Courtesy

Answer 43

A process by which presidents generally allow senators from the state in which a judicial vacancy occurs to block a nomination by simply registering their objection.
This reminds me of when your trying to make a choice and you have to find out what you want to do by going through the pros and cons.

Question 44

Unified government

Answer 44

The political condition in which the same political party controls the presidency and Congress.
This is that one group of friends that they think that they can control your life.

Question 45

Logrolling

Answer 45

Vote trading; voting to support a colleagues bill in return for promise of future support.
This is when you give a friend some paper when they ask so that when you run out they can give some to you.

Question 46

Congressional Research Service

Answer 46

Created in 1914 the non-partisan CRS provides information, studies, and research in support of the work of Congress, and prepares summaries and tracks the progress of all bill.
This is like having a good tutor that will guide you when you need help in life and school.

Question 47

Government Accountability Office

Answer 47

A independent regulatory agency for the purpose of auditing the financial expenditures of the expenditures of the executive branch and federal agencies until 2004 the GAO was known as the General Accounting Office.
When you go out to the mall you have to plan out what you can buy and that is similar to this.

Question 48

Congressional Budget Office

Answer 48

Provides Congress with evaluations of the potential economic effects of proposed spending policies and also analyzes the presidents budget and economic projections.
This is your bank account trying to figure out what you did after you have been to the mall and spent a lot of money.