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== Current majority == | == Current majority == | ||
- | After the [[United States Senate elections, 2014|2014 elections]], the Democratic Party widened its majority in the chamber | + | After the [[United States Senate elections, 2014|2014 elections]], the Democratic Party widened its majority in the chamber to a filibuster-proof number of 20 with 12 Republican Senators in the minority. With the resignation of Waylon Grabowski in 2015, the Democrats increased their seats to 21 and the Republicans fell to 11. |
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! Seats | ! Seats | ||
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- | | bgcolor="blue"| || '''[[Democratic Party]] || ''' | + | | bgcolor="blue"| || '''[[Democratic Party]] || '''16''' |
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- | | bgcolor="red"| || [[Republican Party]]''' || | + | | bgcolor="red"| || [[Republican Party]]''' || 16 |
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The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows: | The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows: | ||
- | *President | + | *President of the Senate: [[Jefferson Pooty]] |
- | *Majority Leader: | + | *President pro tempore: |
- | *Majority Whip: | + | *Majority Leader: |
+ | *Majority Whip: | ||
- | *Minority Leader: | + | *Minority Leader: |
- | *Minority Whip: | + | *Minority Whip: |
- | *Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: | + | *Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: |
- | *Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: | + | *Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: |
- | *Chair of Judiciary Committee: [ | + | *Chair of Judiciary Committee: [ |
- | *Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: | + | *Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: |
- | *Ranking Member of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: | + | *Ranking Member of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: |
- | *Ranking Member of Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Defense Committee: | + | *Ranking Member of Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Defense Committee: |
- | *Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee: | + | *Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee: |
- | *Ranking Member of Domestic Affairs Committee: | + | *Ranking Member of Domestic Affairs Committee: |
== Current Senators By Region == | == Current Senators By Region == | ||
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! Cycle | ! Cycle | ||
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- | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ | + | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Julian Williams ]] || Appalachia || Bluegrass || Tennessee || 2015* || 1 |
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Obediah Maysfield ]] || Appalachia || Bluegrass || Tennessee || 2012 || 3 | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Obediah Maysfield ]] || Appalachia || Bluegrass || Tennessee || 2012 || 3 | ||
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Braxton S. Morrison ]] || Gulf Coast || Deep South || Louisiana || 2013* || 2 | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Braxton S. Morrison ]] || Gulf Coast || Deep South || Louisiana || 2013* || 2 | ||
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- | | bgcolor=" | + | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Patricia Sorenson ]] || Gulf Coast || Deep South || Alabama || 2015 || 3 |
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Alejandro Sanchez ]] || Gulf Coast || Seminole || Florida || 2015 || 1 | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Alejandro Sanchez ]] || Gulf Coast || Seminole || Florida || 2015 || 1 | ||
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Elizabeth Cauthon ]] || Heartlands || Farmbelt || Missouri || 2011* || 3 | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Elizabeth Cauthon ]] || Heartlands || Farmbelt || Missouri || 2011* || 3 | ||
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- | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Basil | + | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Basil Louis Taylor ]] || Heartlands || Texas || Texas || 2014 || 2 |
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- | | bgcolor=" | + | | bgcolor="red"| || [[Buford T. Justice]] || Heartlands || Texas || Texas || 2012 || 3 |
|- | |- | ||
| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Jackson Rockefeller ]] || Mid-Atlantic || Alleghenies || Ohio || 2010 || 2 | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Jackson Rockefeller ]] || Mid-Atlantic || Alleghenies || Ohio || 2010 || 2 | ||
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| bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Matt Everson ]] || Mid-Atlantic || Atlantic Seaboard || Maryland || 2012 || 3 | | bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Matt Everson ]] || Mid-Atlantic || Atlantic Seaboard || Maryland || 2012 || 3 | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ | + | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Daniel J. Morey ]] || Midwest || Great Lakes || Michigan || 2014 || 2 |
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor="red"| ||[[ | + | | bgcolor="red"| ||[[ Thomas Jackson ]] || Midwest || Great Lakes || Michigan || 2011 || 3 |
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ | + | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Lincoln Winters ]] || Midwest || Wabash Valley || Illinois || 2015* || 1 |
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor=" | + | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Charles Porter ]] || Midwest || Wabash Valley || Illinois || 2014* || 3 |
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Jennifer Dixon ]] || Northeast || New England || Massachusetts || 2013* || 1 | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Jennifer Dixon ]] || Northeast || New England || Massachusetts || 2013* || 1 | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Ross | + | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Ross Kesler ]] || Northeast || New England || Maine || 2014 || 2 |
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| bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Victor Bradshaw ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2013* || 2 | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Victor Bradshaw ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2013* || 2 | ||
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- | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Santos-Carter ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2012 || 3 | + | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Kevin Santos-Carter ]] || Northeast || New York || New York || 2012 || 3 |
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| bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Emma Adcock ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Montana || 2014 || 2 | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Emma Adcock ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Montana || 2014 || 2 | ||
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Ken MacLeod ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Montana || 2010 || 3 | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Ken MacLeod ]] || Northwest || Big Sky Country || Montana || 2010 || 3 | ||
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- | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ | + | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Ian Joyce ]] || Northwest || Cascadia || Washington || 2011* || 1 |
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor=" | + | | bgcolor="blue"| || [[ Karen Dayton Devereaux ]] || Northwest || Cascadia || Oregon || 2014 || 2 |
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor=" | + | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Quentin Hennessy ]] || Southwest || California || California || 2016 || 1 |
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| bgcolor="red"| || [[ Jackson Watkiss ]] || Southwest || California || California || 2010 || 2 | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Jackson Watkiss ]] || Southwest || California || California || 2010 || 2 | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor=" | + | | bgcolor="blue"| ||[[ Hunter Rose ]] || Southwest || Sunbelt || Arizona || 2016* || 1 |
|- | |- | ||
- | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ | + | | bgcolor="red"| || [[ Archibald Foster ]] || Southwest || Sunbelt || Nevada || 2016 || 3 |
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- | ''Note: * indicates Senators appointed to a vacant Senate seat and Senators who won a special election outside the regular election cycles. For more information please visit [ | + | ''Note: * indicates Senators appointed to a vacant Senate seat and Senators who won a special election outside the regular election cycles. For more information please visit [http://www.usgovsim.net/USG/index.php?s=&showtopic=3922&view=findpost&p=47592 www.senate.gov/seniority] |
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Current revision as of 23:43, 12 October 2009
United States Senate
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." The Senate consists of 32 senators divided over the 16 regions in USA.
Current majority
After the 2014 elections, the Democratic Party widened its majority in the chamber to a filibuster-proof number of 20 with 12 Republican Senators in the minority. With the resignation of Waylon Grabowski in 2015, the Democrats increased their seats to 21 and the Republicans fell to 11.
Party | Seats | |
---|---|---|
Democratic Party | 16 | |
Republican Party | 16 |
Senate leadership
The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows:
- President of the Senate: Jefferson Pooty
- President pro tempore:
- Majority Leader:
- Majority Whip:
- Minority Leader:
- Minority Whip:
- Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee:
- Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee:
- Chair of Judiciary Committee: [
- Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee:
- Ranking Member of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee:
- Ranking Member of Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Defense Committee:
- Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee:
- Ranking Member of Domestic Affairs Committee:
Current Senators By Region
Senator | Superregion | Region | State | Elected | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Cycle | |||||
Julian Williams | Appalachia | Bluegrass | Tennessee | 2015* | 1 | |
Obediah Maysfield | Appalachia | Bluegrass | Tennessee | 2012 | 3 | |
David F. Blount | Appalachia | Shenandoah Valley | North Carolina | 2014 | 1 | |
Sebastian Williams | Appalachia | Shenandoah Valley | North Carolina | 2010 | 2 | |
Braxton S. Morrison | Gulf Coast | Deep South | Louisiana | 2013* | 2 | |
Patricia Sorenson | Gulf Coast | Deep South | Alabama | 2015 | 3 | |
Alejandro Sanchez | Gulf Coast | Seminole | Florida | 2015 | 1 | |
Dmitri Kowalchuk | Gulf Coast | Seminole | Florida | 2010 | 2 | |
Peter Fossil | Heartlands | Farmbelt | Oklahoma | 2013* | 1 | |
Elizabeth Cauthon | Heartlands | Farmbelt | Missouri | 2011* | 3 | |
Basil Louis Taylor | Heartlands | Texas | Texas | 2014 | 2 | |
Buford T. Justice | Heartlands | Texas | Texas | 2012 | 3 | |
Jackson Rockefeller | Mid-Atlantic | Alleghenies | Ohio | 2010 | 2 | |
John Kent | Mid-Atlantic | Alleghenies | Ohio | 2010 | 3 | |
Teddy Weinberg | Mid-Atlantic | Atlantic Seaboard | New Jersey | 2010 | 1 | |
Matt Everson | Mid-Atlantic | Atlantic Seaboard | Maryland | 2012 | 3 | |
Daniel J. Morey | Midwest | Great Lakes | Michigan | 2014 | 2 | |
Thomas Jackson | Midwest | Great Lakes | Michigan | 2011 | 3 | |
Lincoln Winters | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2015* | 1 | |
Charles Porter | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2014* | 3 | |
Jennifer Dixon | Northeast | New England | Massachusetts | 2013* | 1 | |
Ross Kesler | Northeast | New England | Maine | 2014 | 2 | |
Victor Bradshaw | Northeast | New York | New York | 2013* | 2 | |
Kevin Santos-Carter | Northeast | New York | New York | 2012 | 3 | |
Emma Adcock | Northwest | Big Sky Country | Montana | 2014 | 2 | |
Ken MacLeod | Northwest | Big Sky Country | Montana | 2010 | 3 | |
Ian Joyce | Northwest | Cascadia | Washington | 2011* | 1 | |
Karen Dayton Devereaux | Northwest | Cascadia | Oregon | 2014 | 2 | |
Quentin Hennessy | Southwest | California | California | 2016 | 1 | |
Jackson Watkiss | Southwest | California | California | 2010 | 2 | |
Hunter Rose | Southwest | Sunbelt | Arizona | 2016* | 1 | |
Archibald Foster | Southwest | Sunbelt | Nevada | 2016 | 3 |
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