The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts. It is comprised of 40 senators elected throughout the Commonwealth. Massachusetts General Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th) - Land 20,317 km² - Water 7,043 km² (25. ...
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) began his rise to national prominence with a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he charged that Communists had infiltrated federal government agencies.
Vice presidents cannot vote in the Senate, except to break a tie, nor may they formally address the Senate, except with the senators' permission.
Initially vice presidents appointed senators to standing committees, regulated access to the galleries and supervised the keeping of the Senate Journal, but these duties were later removed.
As in all fifty states, the head of the executive branch of government is a Governor.
At Chautauqua Lake in the southwestern portion of the state is the Chautauqua Institution, co-founded by Methodist Rev. John Vincent and devoted to adult continuing education in a uplifting setting, as that ambiance was understood in the last half of the Nineteenth Century.
The New York State Board of Regents, the University of the State of New York and the State Education Department control all public primary and secondary education in the state.
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