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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - United States Senator
		The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator,"?title=and their counterpart is the "junior senator"; this convention, however, does not have any official significance.
		The Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Like the House of Representatives, the Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the Chamber of the Senate is a dais from which the Presiding Officer (the Vice President or the President pro Tempore) presides.
		United States, although the Senate's advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials, it is not necessary for their removal.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=United_States_Senator (4811 words)

	Democratic Party (United States) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Of the two major U.S. parties, the Democratic Party is to the left of the Republican Party, though its politics are not as consistently leftist as the traditional social democratic and labor parties in much of the rest of the world.
		In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle.
		Southern Democrats took notice of the fact that 1964 Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater had voted against the Civil Rights Act (an unusual departure from his previous support for such legislation), and in the 1964 election Goldwater's only electoral victories outside his home state of Arizona were in the states of the deep south.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/United_States_Democrat_Party (5387 words)

	United States Senate - Knowmore
		In the Senate, each state is equally represented by two members, regardless of population; as a result, the total membership of the body is 100.
		Senators serve for six-year terms, which are staggered so that elections are held in approximately one-third of the seats (a "class") every second year.
		The Vice President of the United States is the presiding officer of the Senate but is not a senator and does not vote except to break ties.
	www.knowmore.org /index.php/United_States_Senate (4990 words)

	United States Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Unlike the United States House of Representatives there are no strict rules regarding debate and one strategy used by senators kill a bill is to filibuster which is to continuously debate the thereby preventing its passage.
		The agenda of the Senate is determined the Majority floor leader (leader of the party with a of seats) who is assisted by a Majority whip (responsible for "whipping" party members in Their counterparts across the aisle are the Minority floor leader and Minority whip.
		The first session of Senate to be to the public was held on February 11 1794 and on February 27 1986 the Senate allowed its debates to televised on a trial basis (which was made permanent).
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Senate (3121 words)

	governpub.com: Congress>>United States Senate
		Separation of powers is the democratic rule that the powers of a country or state have to be split between 3 organs: Executive (Government), Legislative (Parliament) and Judicial (Court).
		The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator," and his or her counterpart as the "junior senator"; this convention, however, does not have any special significance.
		The Senate Majority Leader is, furthermore, responsible for controlling the agenda of the Senate; for example, he or she schedules debates and votes.
	www.governpub.com /congress/senate.html (5407 words)

	Michael Joseph Mansfield, United States Senator, United States AMbassador
		He was Senate majority leader at a time of mounting congressional opposition to the war in Vietnam and the authority of the president to conduct war, as well as the Watergate crisis and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
		He served as Democratic whip from 1957 to 1961, when he was chosen for the pivotal post of majority leader at the personal request of the newly elected President John F. Kennedy.
		The new senator was assigned a seat on the Foreign Relations Committee, which in 1953 sent him on a fact-finding mission to Indochina, where the war between the French colonialists and the Viet Minh was in its final stages.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /mjmansfield.htm (5547 words)

	Conference on Party Effects in the United States Senate
		In this paper, we examine the role of partisan cohesion in balloting for United States Senator in state legislatures in the period 1870-1913.
		The unpredictability of the outcomes of Senate elections in state legislatures, coupled with the high turnover within state legislatures from session to session led to a lack of a viable mechanism of accountability for Senators once they were elected and seated in the Senate itself.
		After comparing the internal operations of the Senate whip system with analogous activities in the House, we identify the kinds of measures likely to draw whip activity in the Senate, gauge the extent of leadership success at retaining or converting recalcitrant members, and evaluate the impact of leadership strategies on the fate of legislation.
	www.duke.edu /~bjn3/senateconf (2132 words)

	United States News.Net
		A U.S. state department official told Al-Jazeera, the Arabic television network, there was arrogance and stupidity by the United States in Iraq.
		Polls show Democrats are improving their odds of taking control of the U.S. Senate and are focusing on three states -- Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia.
		United States News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
	www.unitedstatesnews.net (729 words)

	Congressional Institute - Senate Democrat Leadership Positions
		The Senate Democratic Conference is the organizational vehicle for all Democrat Members of the Senate and their staff.
		The Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee is responsible for building coalitions with Democrats at all levels of government, and with advocacy organizations in pursuit of the policy objectives of the Senate Democratic Conference.
		The Chairman of the DSCC oversees the political committee of Senate Democrats which is not funded by tax dollars nor located in the Congressional complex.
	www.conginst.org /congressleaders/senate-dem.html (470 words)

	US Senator Harry Reid for Nevada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Senate is in recess until November 9: The Senate will convene at 10:0 0 a.m.
		On Wednesday, November 9, Senators will be permitted to introduce bills and submit statements and the Senate receive messages until 10:30 a.m.
		On Monday, November 13, the Senate will proceed to a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.
	reid.senate.gov (292 words)

	Senator Richard J. Durbin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently returned from an official visit to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		To read a statement from Senator Durbin about the visit, click here.
		DURBIN DISCUSSES HIS RECENT VISIT TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN
	durbin.senate.gov (64 words)

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