U.S. Senate (multiple states)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Senate_(multiple_states)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:broadcastOn gptkb:C-SPAN_2
gptkbp:canFilibuster yes
gptkbp:chamber gptkb:Senate_Chamber
gptkbp:clotureVoteRequirement 60 votes
gptkbp:composedOf senators
gptkbp:confirmationPower ambassadors
federal judges
cabinet members
gptkbp:electionCycle staggered
gptkbp:established 1789
gptkbp:firstSession March 4, 1789
gptkbp:hasCaucus gptkb:Senate_Democratic_Caucus
gptkb:Senate_Republican_Conference
gptkb:Senate_Independent_Caucus
gptkbp:hasChapel gptkb:Senate_Chaplain
gptkbp:hasCommittee gptkb:Senate_Appropriations_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Armed_Services_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Finance_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Foreign_Relations_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Judiciary_Committee
gptkbp:hasLibrary gptkb:Senate_Library
gptkbp:hasMajorityLeader Chuck Schumer (as of 2024)
gptkbp:hasPageProgram gptkb:Senate_Page_Program
gptkbp:hasParliamentarian gptkb:Senate_Parliamentarian
gptkbp:hasPresidentProTempore Patty Murray (as of 2024)
gptkbp:hasSeal gptkb:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate
gptkbp:hasSergeantAtArms gptkb:Senate_Sergeant_at_Arms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Senate (multiple states)
gptkbp:impeachmentTrialPresidedBy gptkb:Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States_(for_presidential_impeachments)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:lowerAward gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:mainFunction gptkb:legislation
advice and consent
impeachment trials
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:United_States_Capitol
gptkbp:minorityParty Mitch McConnell (as of 2024)
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 100
gptkbp:numberOfSenators 2
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:represents gptkb:U.S._states
gptkbp:salary $174,000 (as of 2024)
gptkbp:termLength 6 years
gptkbp:treatyRatificationRequirement two-thirds vote
gptkbp:upperHouse gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:website https://www.senate.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roque_De_La_Fuente
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6