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The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States House of Representatives, comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States. Together, the Senate and the House maintain authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation. The Senate has exclusive power to confirm ...
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Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives: Brigham Young University . Arizona State University, Tempe (MSW, JD, PhD) January 3, 2019 2024 Class 1 Phoenix: Mark Kelly: Democratic February 21, 1964 (age 60) U.S. Navy officer NASA astronaut Americans for Responsible Solutions Co-founder None United States Merchant Marine Academy
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The U.S. Senate, named after the ancient Roman Senate, was designed as a more deliberative body than the U.S. House. Edmund Randolph called for its members to be "less than the House of Commons ... to restrain, if possible, the fury of democracy." According to James Madison, "The use of the Senate is to consist in proceeding with more coolness, wit...
The Senate originally met, virtually in secret, on the second floor of Federal Hall in New York Cityin a room that allowed no spectators. For five years, no notes were published on Senate proceedings. A procedural issue of the early Senate was what role the vice president, the President of the Senate, should have. The first vice president was allow...
In the post-Civil War era, the Senate dealt with great national issues such as Reconstruction and monetary policy. Given the strong political parties of the Third Party System, the leading politicians controlled enough support in state legislatures to be elected Senators. In an age of unparalleled industrial expansion, entrepreneurs had the prestig...
The Senate underwent several significant changes during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, the most profound of which was the ratification of the 17th Amendmentin 1913, which provided for election of senators by popular vote rather than appointment by the state legislatures. Another change that occurred during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson was th...
The most infamous Senate drama of the early 1950s was Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations of alleged communists. After years of unchallenged power, McCarthy fell as a result of producing little evidence for his claims and the claims became more elaborate, even questioning the leadership of the United States Army. McCarthy was censure...
Since 1859, the. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. has been the primary source for biographical information on Members of the United States Congress and Continental Congresses. Browse Biographies. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. Visit the Retro Biographical Directory Website.
The United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, which is a small group of elected people who decide the laws of the country. [2] Every U.S. state elects two people to represent them in the US Senate. [3] These people are called senators.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present Archived 2010-04-23 at the Wayback Machine; House Document No. 108-222 Archived 2006-06-01 at the Wayback Machine,Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - 2005
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