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United States Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4783 words) |
 | The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator," and their counterpart is the "junior senator"; this convention, however, does not have any official significance. |
| The Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Like the House of Representatives, the Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the Chamber of the Senate is a dais from which the Presiding Officer (the Vice President or the President pro Tempore) presides. |
| United States, although the Senate's advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials, it is not necessary for their removal. |
| Republican Conference of the United States Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1281 words) |
| The Conference began to acquire significance, however, with the election of Senator William B. Allison of Iowa as Chairman in 1897, and during the terms of successors such as Senator Orville H. Platt of Connecticut and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island. |
| Senator McNary died in 1944, and the posts of conference chairman and floor leader were separated in 1945. |
| The Republican Conference has never been a caucus in the dictionary sense, that is, a "partisan legislative group that uses caucus procedures to make decisions binding on its members." Even during the tense years of Reconstruction, Republican Senators were not bound to vote according to Conference decisions. |
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