Senate (US, federal)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:age 30
gptkbp:broadcastOn C-SPAN2
gptkbp:chamber gptkb:Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:citizenship 9 years
gptkbp:confirmationRequirement simple majority
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentMajorityParty Democratic Party (as of 2024)
gptkbp:electionCycle every 2 years, one-third of seats
gptkbp:established 1789
gptkbp:filibusterRule cloture requires 60 votes
gptkbp:firstAfricanAmericanSenator gptkb:Hiram_Rhodes_Revels
gptkbp:firstAfricanAmericanWomanSenator gptkb:Carol_Moseley_Braun
gptkbp:firstAsianAmericanSenator gptkb:Hiram_Fong
gptkbp:firstCatholicSenator gptkb:David_Rice_Atchison
gptkbp:firstFemaleSenator gptkb:Rebecca_Latimer_Felton
gptkbp:firstHispanicSenator gptkb:Octaviano_Larrazolo
gptkbp:firstJewishSenator gptkb:David_Levy_Yulee
gptkbp:firstMuslimSenator No current or former Muslim senator as of 2024
gptkbp:firstNativeAmericanSenator gptkb:Charles_Curtis
gptkbp:firstOpenlyLGBTQSenator gptkb:Tammy_Baldwin
gptkbp:firstOpenlyTransgenderSenator None as of 2024
gptkbp:firstSession gptkb:Federal_Hall,_New_York_City
March 4, 1789
gptkbp:firstTelevisedSession 1986 (gavel-to-gavel coverage)
gptkbp:gavel Senate gavel
gptkbp:hasJournal gptkb:Senate_Journal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Senate (US, federal)
gptkbp:impeachmentRole holds impeachment trials
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Article_I,_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:legislature annual
bills must pass both Senate and House
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States_Capitol,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:longestServingMember gptkb:Robert_Byrd
gptkbp:mainFunction impeachment trials
lawmaking
advice and consent on treaties
advice and consent on appointments
gptkbp:minorityParty Republican Party (as of 2024)
gptkbp:motto gptkb:E_pluribus_unum
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 20 standing committees
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 100
gptkbp:numberOfSenators 2
gptkbp:numberOfSubcommittees 68 subcommittees
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:oldestCurrentMember Chuck Grassley (as of 2024)
gptkbp:otherChamber gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:presidentOfSenate elected by Senate
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:residence must reside in state represented
gptkbp:rulesCommittee gptkb:Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration
gptkbp:salary $174,000 (as of 2024)
gptkbp:seal gptkb:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate
gptkbp:session 118th United States Congress (2023–2025)
gptkbp:swornTo administered by Vice President
gptkbp:teamColors navy blue
gptkbp:termLength 6 years
gptkbp:treatyApprovalRequirement two-thirds majority
gptkbp:vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:website https://www.senate.gov/
gptkbp:youngestCurrentMember Jon Ossoff (as of 2024)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Circuit_judges
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8