2 seats per state.
The US Senate has 16 standing committees
Currently (December 2009) the United States Senate is composed of 58 Democrats, 40 Republicans, and two Independents (Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders). Both of the Independent senators, for all practical purposes, are Democrats.
In the United States, Americans participate in political elections, where they vote for people to serve as representatives in government. There are 435 members of the US House, and 100 members of the US Senate.
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House of representatives are elected by the people and so is the president. But the founders did not want an entire democracy so senate was supposed to be elected by state legislatures. Judges are appointed.
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The US Senate has 100 members.
The US Senate has 100 members.
There are 17 female residents in the US, and 83 are male in the US's senate.
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100 (2 per state)
The US Senate had 100 voting members, 2 from each state. Once in a while a vacancy occurs and the Senate may be short some of its members for a little while.
The US Senate has 100 members (Senators): 2 are elected from each of the 50 states.But the members of the US Senate are called senators and not "representatives." Representatives are what you call members of the other chamber of the US Congress - the House of Representatives. It has 435 members and the number is determined by the proportional population of the states.
The U.S. senate has 50 members. The ancient Roman senate had at least 600 members. But remember the senate of ancient Rome was not a legislative body as the U.S. senate. The Roman senate was basically a consulting body.
100 senators. Two for each state, unlike the House of Representives where the amount of Congressmen vary from state to state based on poupulation.
The US Senate has 100 members - 2 from each state- and all of them have one vote each.
Section 3.1 of Article I of the Constitution provides that the Senate "shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof".