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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:legislative_body
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gptkbp:age
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30
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gptkbp:broadcastOn
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C-SPAN2
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gptkbp:chamber
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gptkb:Lok_Sabha
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gptkbp:citizenship
|
9 years
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gptkbp:confirmationRequirement
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simple majority
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:currentMajorityParty
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Democratic Party (as of 2024)
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gptkbp:electionCycle
|
every 2 years, one-third of seats
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gptkbp:established
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1789
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gptkbp:filibusterRule
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cloture requires 60 votes
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gptkbp:firstAfricanAmericanSenator
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gptkb:Hiram_Rhodes_Revels
|
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gptkbp:firstAfricanAmericanWomanSenator
|
gptkb:Carol_Moseley_Braun
|
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gptkbp:firstAsianAmericanSenator
|
gptkb:Hiram_Fong
|
|
gptkbp:firstCatholicSenator
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gptkb:David_Rice_Atchison
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gptkbp:firstFemaleSenator
|
gptkb:Rebecca_Latimer_Felton
|
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gptkbp:firstHispanicSenator
|
gptkb:Octaviano_Larrazolo
|
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gptkbp:firstJewishSenator
|
gptkb:David_Levy_Yulee
|
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gptkbp:firstMuslimSenator
|
No current or former Muslim senator as of 2024
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gptkbp:firstNativeAmericanSenator
|
gptkb:Charles_Curtis
|
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gptkbp:firstOpenlyLGBTQSenator
|
gptkb:Tammy_Baldwin
|
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gptkbp:firstOpenlyTransgenderSenator
|
None as of 2024
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gptkbp:firstSession
|
gptkb:Federal_Hall,_New_York_City
March 4, 1789
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gptkbp:firstTelevisedSession
|
1986 (gavel-to-gavel coverage)
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gptkbp:gavel
|
Senate gavel
|
|
gptkbp:hasJournal
|
gptkb:Senate_Journal
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Senate (US, federal)
|
|
gptkbp:impeachmentRole
|
holds impeachment trials
|
|
gptkbp:legalBasis
|
gptkb:Article_I,_United_States_Constitution
|
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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
|
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gptkbp:numberOfSubcommittees
|
68 subcommittees
|
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gptkbp:officialName
|
gptkb:United_States_Senate
|
|
gptkbp:oldestCurrentMember
|
Chuck Grassley (as of 2024)
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gptkbp:otherChamber
|
gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
|
|
gptkbp:partOf
|
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
|
gptkbp:presidentOfSenate
|
elected by Senate
|
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gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle
|
gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
|
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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)
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|
gptkbp:swornTo
|
administered by Vice President
|
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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)
|
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gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Circuit_judges
|
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
8
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