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The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the Constitution (which does not use the terms "upper" and "lower"). Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. This ensures equal... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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John H. Gibson The United States Senate confirmed his nomination on 20 December 2007.

Valerie Baker Fairbank Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 2007, and she received her commission on February 16, 2007.

Alfred D. Barksdale The United States Senate confirmed his nomination on February 1, 1940.

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Edwin H. Stoughton After a two month stay in Richmond's Libby Prison, Stoughton was exchanged, but saw no further service, as the United States Senate had not confirmed his initial appointment.

Robert McCallum, Jr. He was sworn into this position on 21 July 2006, after his appointment by President George W. Bush was confirmed by the United States Senate.

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March 11 1993 - Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.

1993 March 11 - Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.

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Clemson University She was nominated by George W. Bush on November 3, 2005, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 2006, and sworn in to office by Secretary Condoleezza Rice on March 6, 2006.

Kristie Kenney She was nominated by George W. Bush on November 3, 2005, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 2006, and sworn in to office by Secretary Condoleezza Rice on March 6, 2006.

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Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution The United States Senate voted 92 to 3 to confirm Ford on November 27, and on December 6 the House confirmed him 387 to 35.

Gerald Ford The United States Senate voted 92 to 3 to confirm Ford on November 27.

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Harry W. Wellford Wellford was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1970.

Harry W. Wellford The United States Senate confirmed Wellford on August 20, 1982.

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Nicholas Garaufis He was nominated by President Clinton on February 28, 2000, to a seat vacated by Charles P. Sifton and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 24, 2000.

Joan Lefkow She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 11, 2000, to a seat vacated by Judge Ann Claire Williams, and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 2000.

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Todd Graves He took his oath of office on September 17, 2001, initially as an interim United States attorney appointed by the U.S. District Court, on September 17, 2001, and his presidential appointment by George W. Bush was formally confirmed by the United States Senate on October 11, 2001.

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Rhydon Mays Call Officially nominated on April 12, 1913, Call was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1913, and received commission on April 24, 1913.

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Thomas Leavitt Leavitt was confirmed by the United States Senate as U.S. Consul in 1835.

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Joe Lieberman Alito was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 2006 by a vote of 58-42, becoming the Court's 110th Justice.

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Joe Lieberman Roberts was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 29, 2005, by a vote of 78–22, becoming the Court's 17th Chief Justice.

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United States presidential line of succession To be in the line of succession, an officer must have been appointed and confirmed by the United States Senate, prior to the death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or otherwise failure to qualify of the President pro tempore.

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William Flynn Martin In June 1986, Martin was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the United States Senate as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy, the number two official of the DOE.

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Arlin M. Adams The United States Senate confirmed Adams on October 1, 1969.

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List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States Both Associate Justices and Chief Justices are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate.

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Mark Gearan Gearan was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in as the 14th Director of the Peace Corps in September 1995 was director of the Peace Corps from 1995 to 1999.

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Legal Services Corporation LSC has a board of eleven directors, appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate, that set LSC policy.

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Ronald Lee Gilman On November 6, 1997, Gilman was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 98-1, with the lone senator voting against him being Lauch Faircloth.

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William Schwarzer Schwarzer was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1976, and received his commission on July 23, 1976.

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Harry Blackmun Blackmun was nominated for the Supreme Court by Richard Nixon on 4 April 1970, and was confirmed by the United States Senate later the same year.

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James Mattis On 28 September 2007, the United States Senate confirmed Lt. Gen Mattis as the next JFCOM commander.

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Thrift Savings Plan Andrew Saul is confirmed by the United States Senate as Chairman of the Federal Thrift Retirement Investment Board.

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Kevin V. Ryan On July 26th, 2002, upon the unanimous consent of the United States’ Senate Judiciary Committee, the United States Senate confirmed Mr. Ryan’s nomination to be one of the nation’s 93rd United States Attorneys (USA), and on July 31, 2002 the President appointed Judge Ryan to be the 48th United States Attorney for the Northern District of California.

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Bradford P. Campbell Bradford P. Campbell was confirmed by the United States Senate as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on August 3, 2007.

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United States Deputy Secretary of Education The Deputy Secretary is appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate.

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M. Blane Michael Michael's confirmation by the United States Senate on September 30, 1993, made him the first federal judge to be appointed by a Democratic president since Ronald Reagan became President in 1981.

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Rob Bell Bell is the son of Judge Robert Holmes Bell, who was nominated by Ronald Reagan to the federal judiciary and publicly confirmed by the United States Senate.

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Federal judge A United States federal judge is a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution.

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Garrett Brown, Jr. Judge Brown was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985.

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Under Secretary of Energy for Science The Under Secretary is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate.

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April 29, 2005 U.S. Congressman Rob Portman was confirmed by the United States Senate to be United States Trade Representative.

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Federal Election Commission The Commission is made up of six members, who are appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate.

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George Salem In 1985, he became Solicitor of Labor in the Ronald Reagan administration and remains the only Palestinian American nominated by a president and confirmed by the United States Senate.

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John Schofield Schofield served in an interim capacity until the United States Senate confirmed John Aaron Rawlins.

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Benito Romano On September 7, 1989, President George W. Bush nominated Otto G. Obermaier, a defense lawyer, as the permanent successor to Giuliani and on September 22, 1989, Obermaier was confirmed by the United States Senate as Giuliani's successor.

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T. John Ward Ward was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 13 1999 and received his commission on July 15 1999.

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William J. Fallon The United States Senate confirmed Admiral Fallon as the first Navy admiral to command CENTCOM on February 7.

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Politics of Guam Its lone federal District Court Chief Judge is one of the few Article IV territorial judgeships, appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate to a ten-year term.

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Nicholas Garaufis On May 24, 2000, the United States Senate confirmed Judge Garaufis by unanimous consent.

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Michael E. Toner The United States Senate confirmed Toner to a full term as Commissioner on March 18, 2003.

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History of Montana The United States Senate ratified the treaty, with a vote of twenty-four to seven, on October 20; on the following day, it authorized President Jefferson to take possession of the territory and establish a temporary military government.

5th Infantry Regiment (United States) In May 1848, after the United States Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the 5th Infantry marched from Mexico City to Veracruz and returned to the United States.

Human rights in the United States Legally, human rights within the United States are those rights recognized by the Constitution of the United States and those recognized by treaties ratified by the United States Senate as well as certain rights articulated by the Congress of the United States.

United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine The United States Senate had not ratified the Treaty of Versailles, in part, due to reservations about the legitimacy of the League of Nations System of Mandates.

Louisiana Purchase The United States Senate ratified the treaty with a vote of twenty-four to seven on October 20; on the following day, it authorized President Jefferson to take possession of the territory and establish a temporary military government.

January 1900 In executve session, the United States Senate ratified the Anglo-German treaty of 1899, in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the Samoan islands.

Results of the War of 1812 This treaty was ratified by Britain four days later and by the United States Senate unanimously on February 16, 1815 (a few days after a copy arrived in Washington).

History of the United States The United States Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles imposed by its Allies on the defeated Central Powers; instead, the United States chose to pursue unilateralism, if not isolationism.

February 6 1899 - Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris (1898), a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.

April 9 1867 - Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.

March 10 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.

Robert C. Schenck The Democratic victory in 1852 caused the treaty of commerce with Uruguay to fail to be ratified by the United States Senate.

Treaty of Payne's Landing The United States Senate finally ratified the Treaty of Payne's Landing in April 1834.

Extraordinary rendition by the United States The United States Senate, however, ratified the treaty with certain reservations, declarations, and understandings, which may alter the nature of their treaty obligation with regard to UNCAT Article 3.

Robert Milligan McLane However, the treaty was not ratified by the United States Senate.

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October 20 1803 - The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.

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Intercontinental ballistic missile SALT II was not ever ratified by the United States Senate, but its terms were nevertheless honored by both sides until 1986, when the Reagan administration "withdrew" after accusing the USSR of violating the pact.

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65th Infantry Regiment (United States) On July 1, 1901, the United States Senate passed a Bill which would require a strict mental and physical examination for those who wanted to join the Regiment.

Teófilo Marxuach On July 1, 1901, the United States Senate passed a Bill which would require a strict mental and physical examination for those who wanted to join the Regiment.

Confederated Tribes of Siletz On August 5 1977 the United States Senate passed the restoration bill and on November 1 1977 so did the House.

Robert Atwood On June 30, 1958, the United States Senate passed the bill admitting Alaska into the Union.

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March 1900 The United States Senate voted 44 to 28 to pass the Gold Standard Act

Cambodian Campaign On 30 June the United States Senate passed the act with the amendment included.

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Green For All The Green Jobs Act, which was inserted into the general 2007 Energy Bill (it is listed as Title X), was passed by both the House and the United States Senate.

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Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act Under Goldwater's sponsorship, a version of the legislation without the commitment provisions that were the target of intense opposition from a variety of far-right, anti-Communist and fringe religious groups was passed by the United States Senate.

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Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act Under Goldwater's sponsorship, a version of the legislation without the commitment provisions that were the target of intense opposition from a variety of far-right, anti-Communist and fringe religious groups was passed by the United States Senate.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad The United States Senate passed a resolution warning Iran about attacks in Iraq.

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1998 February - Iraq disarmament crisis: The United States Senate passes Resolution 71, urging U.S. President Bill Clinton to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."

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Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 The United States Senate passed their version of the bill on June 29, 2007 by unanimous consent.

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    United States Senate

    The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the Constitution (which does not use the terms "upper" and "lower").
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    Seal of the United States Senate

    The Seal of the United States Senate is used to authenticate certain official documents of the United States Senate, and its design also sometimes serves as a sign and symbol of the Senate, appearing on its official flag among other places.
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    Category:United States Senate

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    List of University of Michigan legislator alumni

    Charles Winfield Waterman, (LAW: JD 1889) a Senator from Colorado; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1926 and served from March 4, 1927, until his death; chairman, Committee on Patents (Seventy-first Congress), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Seventy-second Congress); died in Washington, D.C., August 27, 1932;
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    Elections in Massachusetts

    United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1948 (Saltonstall)
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    Party leaders of the United States Senate

    Leaders of the United States Senate
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    History of the United States Senate

    The United States Senate, named after the ancient Roman Senate, was designed as a more deliberative body than the House of Representatives.
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    President pro tempore of the United States Senate

    Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate
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    United States Senate elections, 2008

    Elections for the United States Senate were held on November 4, 2008, with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Thirty-three seats were regular elections; the winners will be eligible to serve six-year terms from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2015 as members of Senate Class II.
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    United States Senate Page

    A United States Senate Page (Senate Page or simply Page) is a non-partisan federal employee serving the United States Senate in Washington, DC. Despite the non-partisan affiliation, Pages are typically divided to serve the party that appointed them.

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