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During most of that period Senate Democrats earned a larger share of Senate seats than their share of the national House vote. Since filibuster rules were revised in 1975, the Democratic Party earned filibuster-proof supermajorities three times after the 1974 , 1976 and 2008 Senate elections.
The close presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008 brought more people to the polls (reversing a trend); overall, the proportion of eligible voters who do, in fact, vote has been falling since 1960. The percentage of Americans eligible to vote who did, in fact, vote was 63% in 1960, but has been falling since. [32]
The vice president of the United States, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate only when there is a tie. [3] Congress convenes for a two-year term, commencing every other January. Elections are held every even-numbered year on Election Day. The members of the House of Representatives are elected for the two-year term of a Congress.
Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader this week. Thune won in a secret ballot vote of 29-24, beating Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the second ...
What does the Senate Majority Leader do? The majority leader sets the Senate’s legislative agenda, including what pieces of legislation to debate and vote on and when, and manages business like ...
Roughly 1,000 government positions require Senate confirmation through a majority vote in the 100-seat chamber. Most of Trump's Cabinet picks easily won confirmation during his first 2017-2021 ...
The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation in the United States Senate. However, it does have a non-voting delegate to represent it in the House. [3] The majority of residents want the district to become a state and gain full voting representation in Congress. [4]
Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time in four years.