I need to reset a quest however, I don't know the BaseID for it. I've been told that it could be discovered through the GECK. How is this done?

Sounds like you wouldn't even know what to do once you found it. Messing with quests isn't something you can just jump in to.

I'd go to the console and type "ResetQuest (BaseID)"
I need to reset it because I can't progress through the game. The quest is "For the Republic Part 2". I'm at the part where I am tasked with helping the president. The problem is, I've already completed the quest for Mr. House. Now, when I speak to the ranger, he is unresponsive because there aren't any dialogue options. If you can help, I'd really appreciate it. The quest that I need to reset is "You'll Know It When It Happens"

I cant find the quest, sorry.

Well thanks for trying anyway. Most people won't even respond. Is there any way I can try to find it on my own?

Only way i know of, which I did, is look through every quest, and there is a lot of them. I didn't even get through them all.

VMQ03a "You'll Know It When It Happens" [QUST:00131F08]

FNVEdit makes finding stuff a lot easier...

I also want to reset a quest. Sunshine boogie, specifically. Where do you go in GECK for looking up those IDs? i thought there would be a place to see lists of the numbers, but i don't know my way around the software .

There is a menu option to do a text search through all objects. Usually from the results, you can derive an ID. Its very useful for looking up specific item IDs and such, so I imagine it could be applied to searching for quests as well.

Open up GECK -> Load the Fallout ESM -> Actor Data -> Right click on Quests (the title) -> click "open floating form list".