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Senate Of The United States Majority (50) Republican (50)Minority (49) Democratic (47) Independents (2) caucusing with the DemocratsVacant (1) Vacant (1)Length of term6 yearsElectionsVoting systemFirst-past-the-post; nonpartisan blanket primary with a majoritarian second round in 3 states.Last electionNovember 8, 2016 (34 seats)Next electionNovember 6, 2018 (33 seats)Meeting placeSenate chamber United States ![]() Unite [...More...] |
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Current Members Of The United States Senate The United States Senate ![]() United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. Below is a list of the current U.S [...More...] |
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Cabinet Of The United States House of RepresentativesSpeaker Paul Ryan ![]() Paul Ryan (R) Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R)Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi [...More...] |
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Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., (/ˈwɑːʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/) formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington; D.C.; or the district, is the capital of the United States.[6] Founded after the American Revolution ![]() American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, the first president of the [...More...] |
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United States Coordinates: 40°N 100°W / 40°N 100°W / 40; -100 United States ![]() United States of America Flag Coat of arms Motto: "In God ![]() God We Trust"[1] .mw-parser-output .nobold f [...More...] |
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United States Constitution House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ![]() Nancy Pelosi (D) Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ![]() Steny Hoyer (D) Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) Congressional districtsSenate [...More...] |
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United States House Of Representatives Majority (238) Republican (238)Minority (193) Democratic (193)Vacant (4) Vacant (4)Length of termTwo yearsElectionsVoting systemFirst-past-the-post in most states; nonpartisan blanket primary with a majoritarian second round in 3 statesLast electionNovember 8, 2016Next electionNovember 6, 2018Redistricting State legislatures or redistricting commissions, varies by stateMeeting placeHouse of Representatives chamber United States ![]() [...More...] |
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Legislature A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. Legislatures form important parts of most governments; in the separation of powers model, they are often contrasted with the executive and judicial branches of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are known as legislation. Legislatures observe and steer governing actions and usually have exclusive authority to amend the budget or budgets involved in the process. The members of a legislature are called legislators [...More...] |
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U.S. State In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans ![]() Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside.[3] State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders (such as paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody). States are divided into counties or county-equivalents, which may be assigned some local governmental authority but are not sovereign. County or county-equivalent structure varies widely by state, and states may also create other local governments [...More...] |
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Advice And Consent Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts [...More...] |
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Ratification Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent where the agent lacked authority to legally bind the principal. Ratification defines the international act whereby a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties intended to show their consent by such an act. In the case of bilateral treaties, ratification is usually accomplished by exchanging the requisite instruments, while in the case of multilateral treaties the usual procedure is for the depositary to collect the ratifications of all states, keeping all parties informed of the situation. The institution of ratification grants states the necessary time-frame to seek the required approval for the treaty on the domestic level and to enact the necessary legislation to give domestic effect to that treaty.[1] The term applies to private contract law, international treaties, and constitutions in federations such as the United States ![]() United States and Canada [...More...] |
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Treaty A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations. A treaty may also be known as an (international) agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, pact, or exchange of letters, among other terms [...More...] |
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List Of Justices Of The Supreme Court Of The United States The Supreme Court of the United States ![]() Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the Chief Justice of the United States ![]() Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom would constitute a quorum.[1][2] Justices are nominated by the President of the United States ![]() United States and appointed after confirmation by the United States ![]() United States Senate [...More...] |
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115th United States Congress The One Hundred Fifteenth United States Congress ![]() United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States ![]() United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It meets in Washington, D.C. ![]() Washington, D.C. from January 3, 2017, to January 3, 2019, during the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's presidency [...More...] |
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United States Federal Judge House of RepresentativesSpeaker Paul Ryan ![]() Paul Ryan (R)Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R)Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ![]() Nancy Pelosi (D)Co [...More...] |
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United States Federal Executive Departments The United States ![]() United States federal executive departments are the primary units of the executive branch of the Federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States ![]() United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the President of the United States. There are currently 15 executive departments. The heads of the executive departments receive the title of Secretary of their respective department, except for the Attorney-General who is head of the Justice Department (and the Postmaster General who until 1971 was head of the Post Office Department) [...More...] |
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