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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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    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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    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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    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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    The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    The Senate (Dutch: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər dər ˈstaːtə(ŋ) ˌɣeːnəˈraːl], 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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    United States Senate seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein. She is the first openly LGBT African American to serve in the Senate. Butler was...
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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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    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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    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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    Street from the Old Senate Office Building (Russell Senate Office Building) and diagonally across the Capitol grounds from the Senate wing of the Capitol...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • three-fifths vote. On occasion, the Senate may go into what is called a secret or closed session. During a closed session, the chamber doors are closed and the galleries...
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    The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas, also Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas or "upper chamber") is the upper house of Congress...
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  • The Office of Senate Curator is also responsible for the supervision and care of the Old Senate Chamber and the Old Supreme Court Chamber. The Office has...
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    Court before the Senate. Additionally, the Chamber of Deputies receives for consideration bills presented by popular initiative. The Chamber of Deputies is...
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    parties in each chamber of Congress began naming chairs, and while conference and caucus chairs carried very little authority, the Senate party floor leader...
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    buildings – all of the Senate buildings and one of the House buildings. The original subway line was built in 1909 to link the Russell Senate Office Building...
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