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A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate, so-called as an assembly of the senior and therefore con
The debating chamber of the Senate of the Czech Republic in the Wallenstein Palace
The Senate of the United States in session
United States Senate
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The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the
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…whose members refer to themselves as "senators") and the District of Columbia (whose unicameral legislature is called the Council). There is also the US Senate at the federal level. Similarly in Argentina, in addition to the Senate at federal level, eight of the country's provinces, Buenos Aires, Catamarca…
United States Senate Floor
The U.S. Senate chamber, c. 1873; two or three spittoons are visible by desks.
A typical Senate desk on the floor of the United States Senate
The Senate side of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.