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	U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Legislative Process > Senate Legislative Process
		Further, because each Senator has an equal vote regardless of his or her state's population, the Senate remains a oddly apportioned institution: Senators from the twenty-six smallest states, who (according to the 2000 census) represent 17.8% of the nation's population, constitute a majority of the Senate—a reality which has aroused little public interest or concern.
		Senate standing committees and subcommittees are authorized to meet and to hold hearings when the Senate is in session, and when it has recessed or adjourned.
		Absent Senators may vote by proxy on reporting a measure unless a committee has adopted a rule to the contrary, but such proxy votes may not effect the outcome of a vote to report a measure, and proxies may not be counted to determine a quorum.
	www.senate.gov /legislative/common/briefing/Senate_legislative_process.htm (6429 words)

	U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Constitution of the United States
		No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
		The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
		The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.
	www.senate.gov /civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm (3655 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Australia - The Senate
		Normally, one-half of the Senators from each state are elected every three years, along with all territory Senators, for a total of forty contested Senate seats on a half-Senate election.
		In each state and territory, Senate seats are awarded to candidates who attain the state or territory quota, calculated by dividing the number of formal first preference votes cast in the state or territory by one more than the number of seats to be filled, and then adding one to the result.
		However, if there are unallocated seats after transferring surplus votes from elected candidates, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated, and the preferences of the eliminated candidate are transferred to the remaining candidates.
	electionresources.org /au/senate.html (865 words)

	109th Congress - Senate Seats by State
		This is a list of the current Senate seats and the incumbents occupying them.There are 33 Class 1 seats up for election in the year 2006.
		Senator Corzine was elected Governor of New Jersey on 8 November 2005 and resigned his Senate seat upon taking the Oath of Office as Governor 17 January 2006.
		The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year..."
	www.thegreenpapers.com /G06/Senate.phtml?v=c&p=IDP (672 words)

	ASUW Student Senate - Senate Bylaws
		The Senate is responsible for formulating the official opinion of the Associated Students of the University of Washington ("ASUW" or "Association"), providing oversight to the functioning of the ASUW, and serving as a conduit for students and campus organizations to participate in the affairs of the Association.
		Seat Appointment Forms submitted to fill a seat for the first time during a session or to replace a Senator in violation of attendance rules shall be approved once the new or replacement ASUW member has attended one full Senate meeting.
		In the event that the Senate does not approve the waiver by the Steering Committee, the legislation shall be placed on the agenda for that meeting and the procedure defined in subsection (C)(2) of this section shall be followed.
	senate.asuw.org /chair/bylaws.shtml (8887 words)

	ASUO Senate
		The Senate is responsible for the allocation of the Student Incidental Fee a mandatory fee that every student must pay.
		The PFC, with three seats reserved for senators, allocates the budget for 133 student groups on campus and acts as a liason between the PFC and senate.
		The nine academic senators are elected solely by the students who are currently in the school or department represented by the seat.
	gladstone.uoregon.edu /~senate (249 words)

	Green power surge in run for Senate seats as Democrats dive - Election 2004 - www.smh.com.au
		She is one of three crossbench senators who will face the voters at this election and are expected to face an uphill battle after supporting controversial Howard Government policies, including university fee increases and changes to Medicare.
		Senator Harradine has opted to retire when his term expires next June, and, whatever happens, there will be little change to Senate numbers until then.
		Only the two ACT senators - who face the polls at every federal election - could change before then; and it is the Liberal senator and former ACT chief minister, Gary Humphries, who could lose his spot to Labor or the Greens.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/08/29/1093717842044.html (630 words)

	DLP resurrects itself in fight for Senate seats - Election 2004 - www.theage.com.au
		Labor and the Coalition are each expected to win two of the six Senate seats but will have to fight the Greens, the Democrats, Family First and other minor parties for the remaining two spots.
		The DLP is ambitiously hoping that it will win a seat itself, but if it falls short it will give primary support to the National Party's Julian McGauran, which could be enough to secure a vital third seat for the Coalition.
		Senator McGauran confirmed his family's support for the DLP through his brother-in-law, barrister Jonathan Beach, who represented the party on a pro-bono basis.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/09/18/1095394061417.html?from=moreStories (477 words)

	Democrats have shot at Senate gains
		Among the contested seats is the one held by Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. Former state Democratic Party Chairman Jim Pederson faces a steep uphill battle in his race against Kyl, according to Jennifer Duffy and other independent political analysts.
		But Duffy, who monitors U.S. Senate campaigns for the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan newsletter, is among campaign experts who in recent weeks have moved the Arizona race from solidly belonging to Republicans to one that has the potential to become competitive.
		Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has said he is not running in 2006, as have Sens.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/news/articles/1023senate-2006.html (1241 words)

	Sabato's Crystal Ball - Senate 2006: Scratching the Surface of the Sixth-year Itch
		Senate elections are idiosyncratic, not least because only a third of the seats are up in any election year.
		There are slightly more Democratic Senate seats up in 2006 (18) than Republican seats (15), giving the GOP potentially more targets and making the six-seat gain needed for Democratic control very difficult to achieve.
		The Senate numbers for midterm elections are actually all over the map, and the average of three lost seats for the White House is deceptive.
	www.centerforpolitics.org /crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2005040501 (950 words)

	Filling Vacant Senate Seats — Infoplease.com
		Not only did the 17th amendment establish the process for electing senators, but it also explained how vacant seats are to be filled.
		That replacement would hold the seat until the end of the senator's current term or until a special election could be held.
		Of that total, 55 have subsequently been elected to the seat, 55 were defeated, and 64 chose not to run or were unable to run.
	www.infoplease.com /askeds/filling-vacant-senate-seats.html (178 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Origins & Development > Party Division
		The actual number of senators representing a particular party often changes during a congress, due to the death or resignation of a senator, or as a consequence of a member changing parties.
		Note: As the 106th Congress began, the division was 55 Republican seats and 45 Democratic seats, but this changed to 54-45 on July 13, 1999 when Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire switched from the Republican party to Independent status.
		Senator Paul D. Wellstone (D-MN) died on October 25, 2002, and Independent Dean Barkley was appointed to fill the vacancy.
	www.senate.gov /pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm (692 words)

	Ballot Access News » Blog Archive » Republicans Only Win 9 US Senate Seats
		This week, 33 U.S. Senate seats were up for election.
		This is the smallest number of seats that either major party has won in any election year since 1964, when the Republicans won only 7 seats.
		Republicans won 27% of the U.S. Senate seats that were up, but 46% or 47% of the U.S. House seats that were up.
	www.ballot-access.org /2006/11/10/republicans-only-win-9-us-senate-seats (171 words)

	U.S. Senate election, 2006 - dKosopedia
		Of the seats being contested, 17 are held by Democrats, 15 are held by Republicans, and 1 by an independent who votes with the Democratic caucus.
		The Senate is currently composed of 55 Republicans, who have been in the majority since 2003, 44 Democrats, and 1 independent.
		Incumbent senators have a high rate of re-election, even when their party affiliation is at odds with the political trends of their state.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/2006_Senate_Elections (1951 words)

	Democrats Pick up Senate Seats in Pennsylvania, Ohio; Lieberman Wins - November 8, 2006 - The New York Sun
		WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats took Senate seats away from Republicans in Ohio, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania on Tuesday but the GOP battled hard to retain its control of the chamber.
		Seizing on voter discontent with President Bush and the war in Iraq, Democrats mounted challenges for Republican-held seats in four other states but were behind in two them.
		In Pennsylvania, Democrat Bob Casey, son of a popular former governor, soundly defeated incumbent Senator Santorum, a conservative and third-ranking member of the Senate GOP leadership.
	www.nysun.com /article/43077 (413 words)

	Dems projected to pick up four Senate seats - CNN.com
		Rhode Island's Sen. Lincoln Chafee, one of the few moderate Republicans in the Senate, is projected to lose to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, the former state attorney general.
		Of the 33 seats up for re-election, the GOP is defending 15 of them and Democrats hold 17 seats.
		Jeffords is the lone independent in the Senate, though he usually votes with Democrats.
	www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/11/07/election.senate (845 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Election 2002 -- GOP keeps Senate seats in Tennessee, North and South Carolina, ...
		WASHINGTON – Republicans recaptured Senate seats held by conservative icons in both Carolinas and New Hampshire while Democrats kept a once-endangered seat in New Jersey as the GOP fought to wrest control of the chamber from their Democratic rivals.
		For their part, Democrats held the New Jersey seat that will be relinquished by Sen. Robert Torricelli, who abruptly ended his campaign last month after ethics violations seemed to end his chances of being re-elected.
		By mid-evening, neither party had seized a Senate seat from the other and neither was expecting to gain a large number of seats.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/20021105-1955-eln-senate.html (1105 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Democrats have shot at Senate, polls find
		Democratic Senate candidates are tied or have a slight edge or an outright lead in every one of 10 pivotal battleground states.
		Democratic candidates have a strong chance to win all seven at-risk Republican Senate seats — with their candidates tied in Virginia and Missouri, holding a slight edge in Ohio, Rhode Island and Tennessee, and leading in Montana and Pennsylvania.
		And they are in position to hold their three most vulnerable seats — with a slight edge in New Jersey and leading in Maryland and Washington.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2003284660_senate02.html (801 words)

	CAMPAIGN RACE RANKINGS: 2008 Senate Races
		Seats are ranked by likelihood to switch party control (i.e., the top-ranked race is the seat most likely to flip).
		Hagel decides to end his Senate career, don't assume the GOP would be able to retain his seat without breaking a sweat.
		Senators who are failed presidential candidates tend to take a dip the next time they run for re-election in their own states.
	nationaljournal.com /racerankings/senate (1555 words)

	Parties press for Maine House and Senate seats - Boston.com
		In the statewide voting for Maine's 35-seat Senate and 151-seat House of Representatives, this year's story line was familiar.
		Maine Republicans have held the Senate outright for only one two-year period since the 1982 elections, although in 2000, statewide voting left the Senate split 17-17, with one independent.
		On the Senate side, only one incumbent -- Republican leader Paul Davis of Sangerville -- was losing his seat due to term limits.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2006/11/07/parties_press_for_maine_house_and_senate_seats?mode=PF (685 words)

	The All Spin Zone: Outsourcing Senate Seats
		Importing nationally recognized names to run for Senate seats seems to be a political strategery (sic) that both major parties are using more and more each election cycle.
		Democrats in New York had sent out feelers to Hillary for a Senate run against Rudy Guiliani - but unfortunately, her residence of record wasn't even in the same time zone as the Empire State.
		Now, I was always under the impression (ok, so slap me) that to represent the residents of a particular state, it would make sense that a candidate at least meet state residency requirements, and I'm not talking about renting a U-Stor-It shed or blind post office box somewhere within the state borders.
	allspinzone.blogspot.com /2004/11/outsourcing-senate-seats.html (628 words)

	Election 2008: Presidential, Senate and House Races Updated Daily
		Friends have reported that Warner is disgusted with Bush for not listening to the advice of the senior Republicans in the Senate, such as himself and Richard Lugar (R-IN), especially on Iraq policy.
		For the complete Senate picture see the Senate page and also the House page for more on that chamber.
		A compromise could be that Craig finishes his term but does not run for reelection, in which case the seat is safe for whoever wins the Republican primary, which will be bitter since the winner is assured of being elected.
	www.electoral-vote.com (1891 words)

	Democrats pick up Senate seats in 5 states - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		WASHINGTON — Democrats defeated Republican senators in Montana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri and Rhode Island on Tuesday, five of the six seats they needed to wrest control of the chamber from Republicans.
		The Democrats held all 18 of their own seats, dashing GOP hopes of bucking the national mood in heavily Democratic Maryland and New Jersey.
		The Senate was evenly divided in 1881 and periodically during the 83rd Congress of 1953-54, Senate historian Betty Koed says.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/vote2006/senate.htm (1085 words)

	ABC News: Veterans Keep Ind., W.Va. Senate Seats
		Voters filled 33 of the Senate's 100 seats, and the GOP had some leeway.
		On the ballots were 17 seats now held by Democrats and 15 seats now filled by Republicans, including the Tennessee post of retiring Majority Leader Bill Frist.
		The race for Frist's seat, one of four "open" seats this year, became a major contest with heavy national attention.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=2636300 (445 words)

	Dems gain 4 Senate seats - Politics - MSNBC.com
		Seizing on voter discontent with President Bush and the war in Iraq, Democrats mounted challenges for two remaining Republican-held seats in Virginia and Montana, and were ahead in both.
		Menendez, appointed to the seat in January after Jon Corzine gave it up to become governor, had been viewed as the most vulnerable of 17 Senate Democratic incumbents.
		Veteran Republican senators coasted to re-election in five states: Richard Lugar in Indiana, Olympia Snowe in Maine, Trent Lott in Mississippi, Kay Bailey Hutchison in Texas and Orrin Hatch in Utah.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15611389 (1184 words)

	ALP 'will win three WA Senate seats' \| The Australian
		Her win pushed Senator Mark Bishop into the second spot and forced Senator Webber out of the winnable second place into third position.
		The result looks set to end Senator Webber's political career after just one term because the third position is considered unwinnable.
		Senator Bishop said he was disappointed to be knocked off the top spot on the ticket, claiming the result went against Mr Beazley's express desire.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20529869-1702,00.html (568 words)

	FOXNews.com - House Members Make Go at Senate Seats - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political ...
		Some are competing for the same seat, which means that more than one House seat could turn over as a result of the Senate races.
		The prospect of attaining the prestige and security of senator – who is one of 100 members, rather than one of 435 in the House, and serves six-year terms rather than two years at a time – has always enticed sitting members of the lower chamber, say experts.
		And from their seat, they have certain advantages including a donor base, some name recognition and knowledge of federal legislative issues.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,92331,00.html (1127 words)

	WORLD & NATION: Senate seats judge amid new filibuster threat
		WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats said Tuesday they would filibuster another of President Bush's federal court nominees, minutes after allowing the Senate to confirm a Bush nominee who critics said had worked to curtail the rights of the disabled.
		Bush noted Tuesday that half the 10 judicial nominees he submitted to the Senate in 2001 still have not had votes.
		All of this came as the Senate confirmed Jeff Sutton, a former Ohio solicitor general for a seat on the U.S. appeals court despite protests from disabled persons who say Sutton worked to restrict their rights.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/04/30/Worldandnation/Senate_seats_judge_am.shtml (404 words)

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