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2 types of votes for president
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popular, electoral
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# of votes per person
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1
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# of votes for CA
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55
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# of votes for VT
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3
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How many major political parties in the US
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2
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3rd parties in the US
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Green, Independent, Libertarian, Socialist, Reform, Constitution
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve
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Bernanke
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Paulson
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Secretary of State
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Rice
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Secretary of Defense
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Rumsfeld
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President's National Security Advisor
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Hadley
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Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Pace
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Director of the CIA
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Hayden
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CA's US House of Representative
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Rohrbacher
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CA's US Senators
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Boxer, Feinstein
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Local representative in the CA House (Assembly)
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Karnette
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Local representative in the CA Senate
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Vincent
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Which party controls the 1)US House 2)US Senate 3)the Presidency
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1) Republican
2) Republican 3) Republican |
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Which party controls the 1)CA House 2)CA Senate 3)the Governorship
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1) Democrat
2) Democrat 3) Republican |
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Governor of CA
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Schwarzenegger
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Lieutenant Governor
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Bustamente
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President of the US
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George W. Bush
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# of Presidents so far
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43
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Vice President of the US
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Cheney
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Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee
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Warner
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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Lugar
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Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
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Hunter
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Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
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Thomas
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3 branches of government
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legislative, judicial, executive
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# of US Constitutional Amendments
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27
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4 ways to amend US constitution
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2/3 congress, 3/4 state, 2/3 state legislature, 3/4 ratification convention
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Topic of the last amendment added
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congressional pay
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Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
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Roberts
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Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court appointed/elected?
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appointed by president Bush
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Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
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Alito, Souter, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyes, Ginsburg, Thomas
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US Surgeon General
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Carmena
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US Attorney General
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Gonzales
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US Solicitor General
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Clement
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Congressmember with a medical license who saved a life
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Frist
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where revenue bills always begin
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House
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Authors of the Federalist papers
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Madison, John Jay, Hamilton
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2 more important Federalist papers
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10, 51
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Last 3 presidents before current president
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Regan, Bush, Clinton
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2 candidates for president
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Hilary Clinton, George Allen
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# of US House of Representatives from CA
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53
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Determining factor in House of Representatives #
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population
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# of Senators per state
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2
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# of total Senators
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100
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Voting method when you are not near home
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absentee ballot
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Supreme law of the United States
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constitution
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Age at which you are legally responsible for your own actions
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18
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Name the document:
"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..." |
preamble of the constitution
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City in which Constitution was written
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Philadelphia
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Vice president and president candidate in 2004
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Edwards, Kerry
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Author of the Constitution
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Madison
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city where Abraham Lincoln lived
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Springfield, Illinois
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Founder of Microsoft
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Bill Gates
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2nd richers person in the country
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Buffett
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2 rights 5th Amendment protests
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right to remain silent, right to an attorney
(double jeopardy, due process) |
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1st amendment rights
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free speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
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Qualifications to be president
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born in US, at least 35 years old, 14 years living in the US
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Who breaks ties in the Senate
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vice president
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Speaker of the House
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Hastert
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House Majority Leader
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Boehner
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House Majority Whip
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Blunt
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House Minority Leader
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Pelosi
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Director of Homeland Security
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Chertoff
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Senate Majority Leader
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Frist
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Senate Minority Leader
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Reid
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US Secretary of Education
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Spellings
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LA's major
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Villaraigrossa
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President's Summer "White House"
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Crawford Ranch
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Event which created the most recent cabinet department
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9/11
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1st 3 positions to take over from president
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vice president, speaker of the house, senate president pro tempor
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country which restricts campaign ads and public surveys 8 days before election
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Mexico
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Latest topic of a proposed amendment
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gay marriage, flag burning
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coin which costs government more to mint that its spending value
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penny
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Group desiring to exempt themselves from labor laws despite order bt the Nation Labor Relations Board
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Native Americans
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Organization which cut crime in half this past summer in New Orleans
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national guard
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State with 201-year-old law barring unmarried couples from living together, ruled unconstitutional by state judge
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North Carolina
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Nickname for country's most expensive civil works project
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Big Dig
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Town where Cindy Sheehan bought property
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Crawford, Texas
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Legal effect of bringing ashore illegal Cuban immigrants to testify against smuggler
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citizenship
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Which state faces a challenge about their election process
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New Hampshire
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Name one person, other than the Governor, who is running
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Angelides
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Type of box that has declined precipitously since 9/11
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mail box
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Like the US in 2000, this country suffered a close controversial election which ended in a partial recount and a subsequent ruling
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Mexico
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What has the CA legislature agreed to give illegal immigrants
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college aid
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To what or whom do military recruits take an oath
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Constitution
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Most recent CA governor to suffer a recall
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Davis
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Bush 43's political strategist
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Rove
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New Orlean's mayor
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Nagin
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Democratic Senator in CT who lost in primary because of Iray war
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Lieberman
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