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United States Senate
118th United States Congress
Coat of arms or logo
Seal of the U.S. Senate
Flag of the United States Senate
Flag of the U.S. Senate
Type
Type
Upper house
of the United States Congress
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
Leadership
President of the Senate
Kamala Harris (D)
since January 20, 2021
President pro tempore
Patty Murray (D)
since January 3, 2023
Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer (D)
since January 20, 2021
Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R)
since January 20, 2021
Majority Whip
Dick Durbin (D)
since January 20, 2021
Minority Whip
John Thune (R)
since January 20, 2021
Structure
Seats100
Political groups
Majority (51)
  •   Democratic (48)
  •   Independent (3)[a]

Minority (49)

  •   Republican (49)
Length of term
6 years
Elections
Voting system
Plurality voting in 46 states[b]
Varies in 4 states
  • Alaska & Maine: Instant-runoff voting
  • Georgia & Louisiana:[c] Two-round system
Last election
November 8, 2022 (35 seats)
Next election
November 5, 2024 (34 seats)
Meeting place
Senate Chamber
United States Capitol
Washington, D.C.
United States
Website
senate.gov
Constitution
United States Constitution
Rules
Standing Rules of the United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. 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 U.S. presidential appointments, ratify treaties, exercise advice and consent powers, and try cases of impeachment brought by the House. The Senate and the House provide a check and balance on the powers of the executive and judicial branches of government.

The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution.[5] Each of the 50 states is represented by two senators who serve staggered terms of six years; in total, the Senate consists of 100 members.[6] From 1789 to 1913, each senator was appointed by the state legislature of the state he represented. Since 1913, each senator has been elected by a statewide popular vote, as required by the Seventeenth Amendment.[7]

As the upper chamber of Congress, the Senate has several powers of advice and consent. These include the approval of treaties, as well as the confirmation of Cabinet secretaries, federal judges (including justices of the Supreme Court), flag officers, regulatory officials, ambassadors, other federal executive officials and federal uniformed officers. If no candidate receives a majority of electors for vice president, the duty falls to the Senate to elect one of the top two recipients of electors for that office. The Senate conducts trials of officials who have been impeached by the House. The Senate has typically been considered both a more deliberative[8] and prestigious[9][10][11] body than the House of Representatives due to its longer terms, smaller size, and statewide constituencies, which historically led to a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere.[12]

The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. Despite not being a senator, the vice president of the United States serves as presiding officer and president of the Senate by virtue of that office; the vice president may vote only if the Senate is equally divided. In the vice president's absence, the president pro tempore, who is traditionally the senior member of the Senate's majority party, presides over the Senate. In the early 1920s, the practice of majority and minority parties electing their floor leaders began. The Senate's legislative and executive business is managed and scheduled by the Senate majority leader.

  1. ^ "Maine Independent Angus King To Caucus With Senate Democrats". Politico. November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020. Angus King of Maine, who cruised to victory last week running as an independent, said Wednesday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats. [...] The Senate's other independent, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, also caucuses with the Democrats.
  2. ^ "Senate group eyes Social Security changes as Biden hits Republicans over benefits". NBC News. March 3, 2023. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  3. ^ Schonfeld, Zach (December 11, 2022). "Sanders calls Sinema 'corporate Democrat' who 'sabotaged' legislation". Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "Sinema Trashes Dems: 'Old Dudes Eating Jell-O'". POLITICO. March 23, 2023. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "Constitution of the United States". Senate.gov. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "Article 1, Section 3, Clause 1". Constitution of the United States.
  7. ^ "Seventeenth Amendment". Constitution of the United States.
  8. ^ Amar, Vik D. (January 1, 1988). "The Senate and the Constitution". The Yale Law Journal. 97 (6): 1111–1130. doi:10.2307/796343. JSTOR 796343. S2CID 53702587.
  9. ^ Stewart, Charles; Reynolds, Mark (January 1, 1990). "Television Markets and U.S. Senate Elections". Legislative Studies Quarterly. 15 (4): 495–523. JSTOR 439894.
  10. ^ "When the House and the Senate Are Controlled by Different Parties, Who Wins?". The New York Times. July 11, 2018. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  11. ^ Joseph S. Friedman, undergraduate student (March 30, 2009). "The Rapid Sequence of Events Forcing the Senate's Hand: A Reappraisal of the Seventeenth Amendment, 1890–1913". Curej – College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal (93). Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.
  12. ^ Lee, Frances E. (June 16, 2006). "Agreeing to Disagree: Agenda Content and Senate Partisanship, 198". Legislative Studies Quarterly. 33 (2): 199–222. doi:10.3162/036298008784311000.


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