Used in a sentence: "It is NOT John Boehner in a dress (and yes, you're welcome for *that* image) ... and it is NOT a more modern feminist-friendly update on the classic playground game of 'king of the hill' (but really ... how co-ed was your elementary school playground at that age anyway?) ... but 'Queen of the Hill' IS a way to pass a bill that Schoolhouse Rock somehow omitted in their classy song (as did all of my political science professors along the way, at least as far as I can recall)."
Made famous a month or two back when our Congress was trying to get creative with its gridlocky ways at the same time the Republicans were trying to address the rift in their own party between the various competing "I'm more Republican than you are" factions, I hadn't heard of it and, rather than return my degree to dear old LVC, I went and looked it up on the interwebs, where I learned that it is "a special rule that permits votes on a series of amendments, usually complete substitutes for a measure, but directs that the amendment receiving the greatest number of votes is the winning amendment*".
There you go ... and who says government can't be "fun"!?
*THE SOURCE OF THE ABOVE QUOTE:
http://hobnobblog.com/2012/04/substitute-substitute-amendment-queen-of-the-hill-rule-congressionalglossary-com/
THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM BY WHICH I LEARNED OF 'QUEEN OF THE HILL':
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/politics/house-gop-budget-doc-fix-obamacare/
AND MORE CLASSIC PLAYGROUND GAMES:
http://americanprofile.com/articles/top-10-classic-playground-games/
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