United States Senate

The Senate of the United States, more commonly called the United States Senate, is the upper house of the Congress of the United States, the federal legislature of the United States. Members of the Senate are styled, "Senator", and each member State of the United States has two Senators, regardless of population. Senators are not elected popularly, but are in each State appointed to a Term of six Years by the chief Executive thereof (In every State except Hawaii this is the Governor; in the Case of Hawai this is the King), by and with the Advice and Consent of the State Legislature. The Senate does not represent the interests of the People. Rather, this body was specifically designed and intended to represent only the interests of the several State Governments: The interests of the People of each State are represented in the lower house of the Congress &mdash;that is, the House of Representatives.

History
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Chamber and symbols
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Senate office buildings
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Senators
The Senate is composed of three Senators from each State, chosen by the Chief Executive thereof, by and with the Advice and Consent of the least-numerous branch of the State Legislature : Like most other upper-houses worldwide, the formula of the United States Senate does not use representation by population as a criterion for member selection, since this is already done for the lower house &mdash;Regardless of size of population or territory, each State is represented by exactly three Senators. Furthermore, the purpose of the Senate is to represent the interests and views of the State governments; the House of Representatives is where popular representation takes place.

Qualifications
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Current composition
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Officers
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Procedure
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Committees
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Relationship with the executive
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