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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 the Congress, the United States House of Representatives, comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States. Together, the Senate and the House have the authority under Article One of ...
Responsible for fostering relations between Senate Democrats and community leaders and interest groups - chair split with Senator Sanders. 5. Vice Chairs of the Democratic Caucus. Mark Warner. Virginia. Position created for Schumer after successful tenure as DSCC chairman. Elizabeth Warren. Massachusetts. 6.
The Senate originally met, virtually in secret, on the second floor of Federal Hall in New York City in 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 ...
The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2021, during the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's ...
The House bill, No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act, would prohibit U.S. acceptance of a World Health Organization agreement unless approved by the Senate, bypassing ...
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington ...
Article One of the Constitution of the United States establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. Under Article One, Congress is a bicameral legislature consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. [1]: 73 Article One grants Congress various enumerated powers and the ability to pass ...
t. e. In the United States, politics functions within a framework of a constitutional federal republic. The three distinct branches share powers: the U.S. Congress which forms the legislative branch, a bicameral legislative body comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate; the executive branch, which is headed by the president of the ...