Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (21 results returned)

#8794, aired 2023-01-2620th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1926 this magician spoke to Congress supporting a bill criminalizing fortune telling & mediums Harry Houdini
#10, aired 2022-02-15OUR GOVERNMENT $600: When a president fails to sign a bill after Congress has adjourned, it's deemed this type of veto pocket
#6, aired 2020-01-09THE DAM BILL $1600: A 1973 act of Congress approved funding for a replacement dam at American Falls on this river in the Northwest the Snake
#7413, aired 2016-11-30DEEPER IN DEBT $400: In June 2016 Congress passed a rescue bill for this island's $70 billion debt Puerto Rico
#7273, aired 2016-04-06THE WAR OF 1812 $1600: In October 1814 Congress proposed moving the capital back to this city but the house rejected the bill, 83-74 Philadelphia
#7142, aired 2015-10-06A BILL IN CONGRESS $200: These formal arguments for or against proposed bills take place on the floor of the House & the Senate debates
#7142, aired 2015-10-06A BILL IN CONGRESS $400: After a bill is introduced, it is given a number, printed & referred to one or more of these entities for review a committee
#7142, aired 2015-10-06A BILL IN CONGRESS $600: A holiday symbol lends its name to this type of bill that attracts many amendments, like ornaments a Christmas tree bill
#7142, aired 2015-10-06A BILL IN CONGRESS $800: Per its initials, the Revoking Excessive Policies that Encroach on American Liberties Act tried to do this to Obamacare repeal
#7142, aired 2015-10-06A BILL IN CONGRESS $1000: In 2002 Congress approved a campaign-spending bill co-sponsored by John McCain & this Wisconsin senator (Russ) Feingold
#6875, aired 2014-07-04COOL IDEA $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.) In 1937, a bill was introduced in Congress to carve a fifth figure on Mount Rushmore, this suffragette, but it never happened Susan B. Anthony
#5785, aired 2009-11-06GET MOVING $2000: A word for something with many parts, like a bill in Congress, can be shortened to this public transport bus
#5534, aired 2008-10-02CNN ON POLITICS $1200: (I'm Bill Schneider.) Add up the Republicans & the Democrats in the U.S. House for the 110th Congress & you get this total that's been standard for almost a century 435
#5179, aired 2007-03-01RECONSTRUCTION $400: In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto Andrew Johnson
#2380, aired 1994-12-30THE 20th CENTURY $600: In February 1931 Congress passed a veterans' bonus bill over this president's veto Hoover
#2238, aired 1994-05-04THE CIVIL WAR $200: In 1862 the Confederate Congress passed a bill exempting anyone owning 20 of these from military service slaves
#2007, aired 1993-05-04U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: While Congress is in session, a president has this many days, excluding Sundays, to act on a bill or it becomes law 10
#1675, aired 1991-12-06U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: In Congress, it's a provision unlikely to pass on its own that's attached to a more important bill a rider
#1161, aired 1989-09-25GOVERNMENT $1000: With Congress in session, a President has this many days, excluding Sundays, to veto a bill, or it becomes law 10
#1005, aired 1989-01-06CURRENT EVENTS $1000: In 1988 Congress passed a bill requiring 60 days notice for this plant closures
#889, aired 1988-06-16FAMOUS AMERICANS $300: In 1962, this att'y general sent Congress a civil rights bill aimed at curbing police brutality Robert Kennedy

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (2 results returned)

#5210, aired 2007-04-13HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Decreed by Congress in 1989, National Tap Dance Day falls on the May 25th birthday of this man born in 1878 Bill Robinson
#2635, aired 1996-02-02CONGRESS: On Nov. 23, 1973 Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first member of Congress to do this while in office give birth

Players (1 result returned)

Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP 2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....



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