United States Senate
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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 2010 elections, the current division of the US Senate are as follows.
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 16 | |
| Democratic Party | 16 |
Former United States Senator Jonathan Hayes is the constitutional President of the Senate after being confirmed as Vice President by the outgoing Senate. Being a Democrat, he breaks the tie in favor of his party, giving them the Majority.
Senate leadership
The current leadership positions of the Senate are occupied as follows:
- President pro tempore: Dmitri Kowalchuk (D-FL)
- Majority Leader: Esther Cullen (D-KY)
- Majority Whip: George Jameson (D-IL)
- Minority Leader: Ken MacLeod (R-MT)
- Minority Whip: Oscar Perry (R-LA)
- Chair of Government Regulations and Commerce Committee: Jimmy Kennedy (D-IL)
- Chair of Foreign Relations, Intelligence, and Defense Committee: Sebastian Williams (D-NC)
- Chair of Judiciary Committee: Danielle Morgenthau (D-WA)
- Chair of Domestic Affairs Committee: Madison Ballentine (D-CT)
Current Senators By Region
| Senator | Superregion | Region | State | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Cycle | |||||
| Olude Carter | Southwest | California | California | 2010 | 1 | |
| Jackson Watkiss | Southwest | California | California | 2010 | 2 | |
| Markus Rasan | Southwest | Sunbelt | Arizona | 2010 | 1 | |
| Thomas Caffee | Southwest | Sunbelt | Nevada | 2010 | 3 | |
| James Lightfoot | Northwest | Big Sky Country | Idaho | 2010 | 2 | |
| Ken MacLeod | Northwest | Big Sky Country | Montana | 2010 | 3 | |
| Anthony Sherman | Northwest | Cascadia | Washington | 2011* | 2 | |
| Danielle Morgenthau | Northwest | Cascadia | Washington | 2010 | 3 | |
| George Jameson | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2010 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Kennedy | Midwest | Wabash Valley | Illinois | 2010 | 3 | |
| Andrew Morrison | Midwest | Great Lakes | Michigan | 2010 | 2 | |
| Orson Pierce | Midwest | Great Lakes | Michigan | 2010 | 3 | |
| Bryan McLaggen | Appalachia | Bluegrass | Kentucky | 2011* | 1 | |
| Esther Cullen | Appalachia | Bluegrass | Kentucky | 2010 | 3 | |
| David Summerville | Appalachia | Shenandoah Valley | North Carolina | 2010 | 1 | |
| Sebastian Williams | Appalachia | Shenandoah Valley | North Carolina | 2010 | 2 | |
| Oscar Perry | Gulf Coast | Deep South | Louisiana | 2010 | 2 | |
| Jefferson Pooty | Gulf Coast | Deep South | Lousiana | 2010 | 3 | |
| Sergei Kerzhakov | Gulf Coast | Seminole | Florida | 2010 | 1 | |
| Dmitri Kowalchuk | Gulf Coast | Seminole | Florida | 2010 | 2 | |
| Terry Hughes | Heartlands | Farmbelt | Missouri | 2010 | 1 | |
| Elizabeth Cauthon | Heartlands | Farmbelt | Missouri | 2011* | 3 | |
| Herbert Nielson | Heartlands | Texas | Texas | 2010 | 2 | |
| A. A. Abbingdon | Heartlands | Texas | Texas | 2010 | 3 | |
| Natalie Roberts | Northeast | New England | New Hampshire | 2010 | 1 | |
| Madison Ballentine | Northeast | New England | Connecticut | 2010 | 2 | |
| Archie Sanford | Northeast | New York | New York | 2010 | 2 | |
| Willow Jaynes | Northeast | New York | New York | 2010 | 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 | |
| Mario Menendez | Mid-Atlantic | Atlantic Seaboard | New Jersey | 2010 | 3 | |
