United States Senate
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Jeanne Devon ( AKMuckraker ): Attorney of Palin Critic Speaks Out...Sarah Palin was someone else's fault. Sarah's lackluster performance during her interview with Frank Murkowski when she somehow made the short-list of candidates to succeed Frank in the U.S. Senate? That was Frank and his Attorney General,... In this article: Sarah Palin, Alaska, Andrew Halcro, Walt Monegan, Pinocchio, and Frank Murkowski |
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 1 day ago
Palin fans turn out in droves for autograph session
...honor, embroidered with the logo, "Alaska." Still farther back in the line was Peg Luksik, a U.S. Senate candidate who was taking a break from her own campaigning to attend the Palin event. Mrs. Luksik, a former candidate for governor,...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Sam's Club, Mike Huckabee, Washington County, and Alaska
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Talking Points Memo - Muckraker | 6 days ago
GOP Govs Group Got Whopping $200,000 From Accused Fraudster
...has, or will be, returned. Rothstein was until his fall a top donor and fundraiser for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who is now locked in a hotly contested U.S. Senate primary with conservative Marco Rubio. The week before Rothstein's...
In this article: Charlie Crist, Florida, Beneficiary, The Palm Beach Post, U.S. Senate, and IRS
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CNET News.com | November 04, 2009
Fiorina's first act as senator: Merge California and Nevada
...are doing." Her dreams of heading up the World Bank dashed, former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina, the architect of one of the worst tech mergers in history, has turned her attention to the U.S. Senate. After months of...
In this article: Carly Fiorina, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, John McCain, California, World Bank, and Hewlett-Packard
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Huffington Post | November 09, 2009
Dems Challenge Theme That Health Care Vote Makes Members Vulnerable
...ouster "next November." U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias, likewise hit Republican Rep. Mark Kirk (also a Senate candidate) for selling his soul on health care in pursuit of former Gov. Sarah Palin's endorsement. All of which may be...
In this article: Republican Party, Arizona, Mike Castle, Steve Driehaus, and U.S. Senate
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Chicago Tribune | November 04, 2009
Senate candidate Mark Kirk sought Sarah Palin's backing when she's in town to appear on 'Oprah Winfrey Show'
...she's in town to appear on 'Oprah Winfrey Show' Posted by Rick Pearson at 4:20 p.m. U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk asked a national Republican power broker to secure an endorsement by conservative former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin when she...
In this article: Mark Kirk, Sarah Palin, Oprah Winfrey Show, Tribune, GOP, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago, and Allegation
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Kirk Slammed From Right And Left For Courting Sarah Palin
...Races, Chicago News When word broke that self-described moderate Republican Mark Kirk was angling for kind words from Sarah Palin for his U.S. Senate bid, the response from his rivals was savage and uniform. All three leading...
In this article: Mark Kirk, Sarah Palin, Alexi Giannoulias, Climate change, U.S. Senate, Illinois Senate, and E-mail
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Is Kirk leaning to right in Senate bid? He says 'I am who I am'
Despite his recent request for help from Sarah Palin and renouncing his past support of cap-and-trade legislation, Republican U.S. Senate contender Mark Kirk denied today he was moving to the right to try to coalesce support for the Feb....
In this article: Mark Kirk, Sarah Palin, Chicago, U.S. Senate, GOP, Distinguished Service Cross, Carbon, and U.S. Army
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MSNBC.com | November 05, 2009
IL SEN: Courting Sarah
...Montanaro Patrick Hughes, a conservative running for Obama's U.S. Senate seat next year, is out with a statement after the news came out of his primary opponent Mark Kirk's appeal to Sarah Palin for her endorsement. "I believe Mark...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Domenico, U.S. Senate, Patrick Quinn, Chicago, and NBC
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Boston Herald | October 26, 2009
Foes slam AG's 'sister' act on foreign policy
...of her own international know-how. "To think having a sister who lives overseas gives you experience is naive at the very best," said state Sen. Scott Brown, a Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race. "Do I have the best foreign policy...
In this article: Martha Coakley, Sarah Palin, U.S. Senate, Boston University, Michael E. Capuano, and Hamid Karzai
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The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution (which does not use the terms "upper" and "lower"). Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. This ensures equal representation of each state in the Senate. Senators serve staggered six-year terms. The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C., the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the south wing of the same building.
The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the House, including consenting to treaties as a precondition to their ratification and consenting or confirmation of appointments of Cabinet secretaries, federal judges, other federal executive officials, military officers and other federal uniformed officers, as well as the impeachment trials of federal officials. The Senate is a more deliberative body than the House of Representatives because the Senate is smaller and its members serve longer terms, allowing for a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate is considered a more prestigious body than the House of Representatives on account of its longer terms, smaller membership, and larger constituencies.
- Name:
- United States Senate
- Type:
- Upper house
- Website:
- http://www.senate.gov
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