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The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. It is known informally as the "upper house."
In the Senate, each state is represented by two members. As a result, the total membership of the body is 100. Senators serve for six-year terms that are staggered so elections are held for approximately one-third of the seats (a "class") every second year. The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and serves as its presiding officer, but is not a Senator and does not vote except to break ties. The Vice President rarely acts as President of the Senate unless casting a tie-breaking vote or during ceremonial occasions, so the duty of presiding usually falls to the President pro tempore, by tradition the most senior senator of the majority party, who almost always delegates the mundane task of presiding over the Senate to junior senators from his party.
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How to say "United States Senate" in other languages:
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(Chinese) | 美国参议院 |
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(Japanese) | アメリカ合衆国上院 |
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(German) | Senat der Vereinigten Staaten |
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(Spanish) | Senado de los Estados Unidos |
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(French) | Sénat des États-Unis |
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(Italian) | Senato degli Stati Uniti |
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