United States Senate
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The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress, composed of two senators from each state who share responsibility for making federal laws, confirming key executive and judicial appointments, and ratifying treaties.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber of the United States Congress
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upper house of bicameral legislature ⓘ |
| clotureThreshold | three-fifths of Senators duly chosen and sworn (typically 60) ⓘ |
| confirms |
Cabinet-level appointments
ⓘ
Supreme Court justices ⓘ ambassadors ⓘ federal judges ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | United States House of Representatives representation by population ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Article I of the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Constitution of the United States, Article I
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| dateEstablished | 1789 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| hasCheckAndBalanceFunction |
check on executive branch
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check on judicial branch ⓘ |
| hasCitizenshipRequirement | at least 9 years U.S. citizenship ⓘ |
| hasCommitteeSystem |
joint committees
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select committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ |
| hasElectionCycle | staggered ⓘ |
| hasElectionFraction | approximately one-third of seats every two years ⓘ |
| hasLegislativePower |
power to approve or reject legislation
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power to propose amendments to bills ⓘ power to propose constitutional amendments ⓘ |
| hasMembersFrom | U.S. states ⓘ |
| hasMembersPerState | 2 ⓘ |
| hasMinimumAgeRequirement | 30 years ⓘ |
| hasMotto | E pluribus unum (shared national motto) ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | 100 ⓘ |
| hasOfficerTitle |
Senate Majority Leader
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surface form:
Majority Leader
Majority Whip ⓘ Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
surface form:
Minority Leader
Minority Whip ⓘ President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ
surface form:
President pro tempore
|
| hasOfficialLanguage |
English
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surface form:
English (de facto)
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| hasPresidingOfficer | Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| hasPresidingOfficerTitle |
President of the United States Senate
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surface form:
President of the Senate
|
| hasPrimaryFunction |
advice and consent on presidential appointments
ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ ratification of treaties ⓘ trial of impeachments ⓘ |
| hasResidencyRequirement | inhabitant of the represented state at time of election ⓘ |
| hasRule | filibuster tradition ⓘ |
| hasTermLength | 6 years ⓘ |
| hasVotingSystem | popular vote within each state ⓘ |
| impeachmentConvictionThreshold | two-thirds of members present ⓘ |
| impeachmentRole | conducts trials after impeachment by the House of Representatives ⓘ |
| legislativeProcessRequires | passage of bills by both houses of Congress ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| meetsIn | United States Capitol ⓘ |
| originalSelectionMethod | election by state legislatures ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Congress ⓘ |
| publishesRecord | Congressional Record ⓘ |
| ratifies | treaties negotiated by the President of the United States ⓘ |
| represents | states as political units ⓘ |
| selectionMethodChangedBy | Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| sharesLegislativePowerWith | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| treatyRatificationThreshold | two-thirds of Senators present ⓘ |
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Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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appointedBy
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United States Senate
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Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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legislativeBody
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United States Senate
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Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
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introducedInChamber
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United States Senate
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subject surface form:
Director of National Intelligence
subject surface form:
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
subject surface form:
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
subject surface form:
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
subject surface form:
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
this entity surface form:
U.S. senators