Properties (59)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislative body
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gptkbp:can_be |
presidential veto
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gptkbp:hasFacility |
filibuster
unanimous consent agreements citizens of the states |
gptkbp:hasHistoricalSignificance |
gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Joe_Biden gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:Kamala_Harris gptkb:Henry_Clay advising the President founding_of_the_United_States |
gptkbp:hasMember |
gptkb:Armed_Services_Committee
gptkb:Foreign_Relations_Committee gptkb:Vice_President_of_the_United_States Senator President pro tempore Finance_Committee Judiciary_Committee Appropriations_Committee |
gptkbp:hasPublications |
open to the public
|
gptkbp:hasSecurity |
for sensitive matters
|
gptkbp:hasTeam |
6 years
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
the Senate
|
gptkbp:isComposedOf |
100 members
|
gptkbp:isDividedInto |
majority party
minority party |
gptkbp:isExpectedTo |
popular vote
2 years for 1/3 of members |
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
national legislation
|
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn |
environmental policy
civil rights legislation defense spending trade agreements infrastructure funding education policy immigration policy foreign policy decisions national security matters tax policy legislative oversight social security reform federal budget approval confirmation of judges healthcare_reform |
gptkbp:isLocatedIn |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
|
gptkbp:isPartOf |
bicameral legislature
checks and balances system |
gptkbp:isSubjectTo |
rules of order
|
gptkbp:mayHave |
amendments to legislation
|
gptkbp:meets |
Capitol Building
|
gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
gptkbp:powers |
ratify treaties
confirm presidential appointments conduct impeachment trials |
gptkbp:translatedInto |
no term limits
|
gptkbp:voterTurnout |
simple majority
|
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn |
1789
|