United States Senate
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Revision as of 17:12, 17 June 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 | 21 | |
| Republican Party | 11 |
Senate leadership
The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows:
- President pro tempore: Dmitri Kowalchuk (D-FL)
- Majority Leader: Jackson Rockefeller (D-OH)
- Majority Whip: Victor Bradshaw (D-NY)
- Minority Leader: Thomas Lane (R-UT)
- Minority Whip: Alejandro Sanchez (R-FL)
- Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: Edward T. Wyatt (D-TX)
- Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: Anthony Sherman (D-WA)
- Chair of Judiciary Committee: Jennifer Dixon (D-MA)
- Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: John Kent (D-OH)
- Ranking Member of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: Braxton S. Morrison (R-LA)
- Ranking Member of Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Defense Committee: Daniel J. Morey (R-MI)
- Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee: Alejandro Sanchez (R-FL)
- Ranking Member of Domestic Affairs Committee: Elizabeth Cauthon (R-MO)
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 L. Taylor | Heartlands | Texas | Texas | 2014 | 2 | |
| Edward T. Wyatt | 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 | |
| Rebekah Merrilin | Midwest | Great Lakes | Michigan | 2014 | 2 | |
| Daniel J. Morey | Midwest | Great Lakes | Michigan | 2011* | 3 | |
| Jim Reed | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2015 | 1 | |
| Angelina Stamford | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2014* | 3 | |
| Jennifer Dixon | Northeast | New England | Massachusetts | 2013* | 1 | |
| Ross Kessler | Northeast | New England | Maine | 2014 | 2 | |
| Victor Bradshaw | Northeast | New York | New York | 2013* | 2 | |
| 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 | |
| Anthony Sherman | Northwest | Cascadia | Washington | 2011* | 1 | |
| Vacant | Northwest | Cascadia | Oregon | 2014 | 2 | |
| Bingham | Southwest | California | California | 2015* | 1 | |
| Jackson Watkiss | Southwest | California | California | 2010 | 2 | |
| Markus Rasan | Southwest | Sunbelt | Arizona | 2010 | 1 | |
| Thomas Lane | Southwest | Sunbelt | Nevada | 2012 | 3 | |
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