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May 22, 2024 · The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm the 200th judge to be appointed by President Joe Biden since taking office January 2021. UPI News President Joe Biden's 200th judge, an Arizona woman ...
May 22, 2024 · Recent News. Cory Booker (born April 27, 1969, Washington, D.C., U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2013 and began representing New Jersey in that body later in the year. He was the first African American from the state to serve in the Senate. Booker previously was mayor of Newark (2006–13).
18 hours ago · Recent News. United States Senate, one of the two houses of the legislature ( Congress) of the United States, established in 1789 under the Constitution. Each state elects two senators for six-year terms. The terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expire every two years, earning the chamber the nickname “the house that never dies.”.
3 days ago · The longest-serving governor was the first, George Clinton, who first took office on July 30, 1777, and served seven terms in two different periods, totaling just under 21 years in office. As 18 of those years were consecutive, Clinton also served the longest consecutive period in office for a New York governor.
May 8, 2024 · House of Representatives (2007-2013), United States. (Show more) Mazie Hirono (born November 3, 1947, near Fukushima city, Japan) is a Japanese-born American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing Hawaii the following year. She was the first Asian immigrant and the first Buddhist to serve in ...
3 days ago · Shirley Anita Chisholm ( / ˈtʃɪzəm / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [1] Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn [a] for ...
6 days ago · The Differences. In short, the HOUSE is the lower chamber of Congress, while the SENATE is the upper. Of course, there’s a lot more to know than that. When it comes to debate procedures, since the Senate is smaller, they are less formal there than in the House. In addition, the term-lengths in the House are shorter: two years, in contrast ...
