U.S. Senate
Hundred-member legislative body
The U.S.
Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, composed of two senators from each state regardless of population.
Senators serve six-year terms and must confirm presidential appointments, ratify treaties, and try impeachments.
The bill passed the House but stalled in the Senate.
The term often appears shortened to simply the Senate in American political discourse.
- senatorUpper chamber member
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- nuclear optionMost drastic available action
- billAmount owed, written
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
vote · chamber · amendment · committee hearing · confirmation hearing · sworn testimony · unanimous consent · minority leader · cloture · impeachment trial · reconciliation process · Constitutional Convention · appropriations · veto override · resolution · Capitol · bicameral legislature · sergeant-at-arms
U.S. SenateU.S. House of Representatives
Lower congressional chamber
House of Representatives · lower chamber · House of Commons · National Assembly
U.S. Senatestate legislature
Lawmaking body below Congress
city council · local government · state senate · county board · town council