Examples of the legislative branch

Question 1

The % of Us citizens being immigrants 2019

Answer 1

14%

Question 2

What are the 3 members of the squad

Answer 2

Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and rashida Tlaib- They were 3 progressivly forward congresswomen in the 116th congress.

Question 3

The % of women in the 117th congress

Answer 3

27%

Question 4

The % of hispanics in the 117th congress

Answer 4

9%

Question 5

The number of gays in the 117th congress

Answer 5

11

Question 6

The average age of people in the 117th congress

Answer 6

59

Question 7

Example of a filibuster

Answer 7

Southern Democrats attempted to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by filibustering for 75 hours

Question 8

Example of a controversial appointment

Answer 8

In 2017 Trump elected an education secretary Billionaire Betsy DeVos, who knew fuck all about education

Question 9

Example of an impeachment

Answer 9

Nixon in 1974 was tried and was the main reason for his impeachment.

Question 10

Examples of treaties senate has been

Answer 10

Treaty of versailles 1920

The convention of the rights of person with disabilities a 2012 UN treaty.

Question 11

Example of a government shut down

Answer 11

In the 2018-19 season, trumps budget caused a shutdown for 35 days. This cost the US 2.3 Billion DOLLARs

Question 12

How much of the federal budget was the national debt in oct 2022

Answer 12

48 million or 12% of the budget

Question 13

Example of congressional caucuses

Answer 13

House republican caucus - all republicans in the house
Senate republican caucus - all republicans in the senate

Vice versa for the demorats

Question 14

Example of a smaller caucus

Answer 14

Bipartisan Heroin and opium task force

Question 15

Who is the current speaker and why is she important

Answer 15

Nancy pelosi - The first FEMALE speaker of the house and was the force that pushed for trumps impeachment.

Question 16

Example of senator voting against party lines

Answer 16

Mitt Romney was the only republican to vote against trump in the 2019 impeachment attempt

Question 17

How many competitive districts in 1997 to 2020

Answer 17

164 1997

91 2020

Question 18

What caucus was made in 2017 to promote bipartisanship

Answer 18

The problem solves caucus

Question 19

Example of a standing committee

Answer 19

in 2016 the senate judiciary committee support mcarthy in not holding hearings for merec garland

Question 20

Example of a select committee

Answer 20

the house select committee on benghazi was set up in 2014 to investigate a terrorist attack on the US embassy in libya. Spent 2 years and 7 million investigating it. The republicans done this so they could throw shade at a presidential democrat candidate

Question 21

Example of a chairmen of a house rules committee who used it to push his agenda

Answer 21

Republican pete sessions used it to recieve millions in donations and to push his agenda to opposite marijuana on a federal level

Question 22

Example of a chairmen of a house rules committee who used it to push his agenda

Answer 22

Republican pete sessions used it to receive millions in donations and to push his agenda to opposite marijuana on a federal level

Question 23

Example of how members of congress used committees to help constituents

Answer 23

from 2015-2020 The chair of the senate agriculture committee was Pat Roberts, senator of kansas. He steered a bipartisan farm bill through congress with help from kansas agriculture groups. The agriculture improvement act 2018 gave farmers billions of funding to farmers.

Question 24

Example of pork barreling

Answer 24

The bridge to nowhere was a 400 million project that was supposed to build a bridge form alaska to a small island which was never built.

Question 25

The amount spent on pork barreling in 2018 and 19

Answer 25

15 billion per year

Question 26

What is the average percent of re election in the house

Answer 26

90%

Question 27

Past president’s that have been in the senate

Answer 27

JFK, Obama, Biden

Question 28

Vice presidents been in the senate

Answer 28

Harris, Biden, Al Gore, Quayle

Question 29

Example of supreme court overruling congress

Answer 29

In 1996 congress made the defence of marriage act which made it so gay marriage wasn’t accepted as official.

This was overturned by 2 supreme court cases- Us vs Windsor and Obergefell Vs hodges