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    The Old Senate Chamber is a room in the United States Capitol that was the legislative chamber of the United States Senate from 1810 to 1859 and served...
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    4, 1859. The Senate first convened in its current meeting place after utilizing Federal Hall, Congress Hall, and the Old Senate Chamber in the Capitol...
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    Center for History and Culture. To the right of the entrance is the old Senate Chamber. Chairs and desks were added to the room in the exact number (16)...
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    United States Senate. Retrieved 2008-02-11. For example, a PDF document about the Old Senate Chamber (PDF). "Senate Gavel". United States Senate. Retrieved...
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    1800 to 1806, the room was the lower half of the first United States Senate chamber, and from 1810 to 1860, the courtroom for the Supreme Court of the United...
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    Court chamber from 1860 until 1935. This room was originally the lower half of the Old Senate Chamber from 1800 to 1806. After division of the chamber in...
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    States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The Senate and the United States House of Representatives (which is the lower chamber of...
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  • the Senate. While several framers of the U.S. Constitution, such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, believed that the required role of the Senate is...
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    The Russell Senate Office Building is the oldest of the United States Senate office buildings. Designed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, it was built...
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    Those in the old Senate Chamber are gilded, while those in the old House of Representatives Chamber are simply painted. The old Senate Chamber is the smaller...
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    The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 118th United States Congress...
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    S. Senate chamber built directly on top of the first U.S. Senate chamber, the Supreme Court took up residence in what is now referred to as the Old Supreme...
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    Capitol's east portico. They have also been held inside the Old Senate Chamber, the chamber of the House of Representatives, and the Capitol rotunda. The...
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    Ohio Clock (redirect from Senate Clock)
    Old Brick Capitol. The clock was delivered in 1817 to the Old Senate Chamber and was moved to the corridor outside the newly finished Senate Chamber in...
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    The Senate (Dutch: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər dɛr ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ɣeːnəˈraːl], literally "First Chamber of the States General", or simply...
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  • delay proceedings (for example, to allow other members time to get to the chamber in order to join debate) may request that the presiding officer determine...
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    Representatives chamber until 1857. To the northeast is the Old Senate Chamber, used by the Senate until 1859 and by the Supreme Court until 1935. The rotunda...
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  • seniority enables a senator to choose a desk closer to the front of the Senate Chamber. Senators with higher seniority may choose to move into better office...
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    Republicans walked out of the chamber in an attempt to deny the Senate a quorum after Senate aides began bringing cots into the Senate cloakrooms in preparation...
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  • taking effect until after the next election. Additional pay schedule for the Senate and House positions: SCHEDULE 6—VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,...
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    States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises...
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    A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin:...
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    California Governor Gavin Newsom chose Butler to fill the United States Senate seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein. Soon after taking office...
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    40 years old. It has members in about 124 countries, and regional or national organizations in most of them. The first local Junior Chamber chapter was...
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    created a hostile mood in the chamber. "Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 41st Vice President (1974-1977)". United States Senate. Retrieved July 17, 2021. Dewar...
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  • leadership of the United States Senate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage...
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  • Standing Rules of the Senate are the parliamentary procedures adopted by the United States Senate that govern its procedure. The Senate's power to establish...
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    of the Chamber of Representatives may not also be a member of the Senate at the same time, and senators must give up their seats in the Senate in order...
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    used in the United States Senate to delay or block a vote on a measure by preventing debate on it from ending.: 2  The Senate's rules place few restrictions...
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    parliament is asymmetric, where the lower chamber is dominant over the upper chamber. Unlike the Sejm, the Senate cannot unilaterally veto legislation nor...
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