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2 unusual facts about senate


Master of Orion III

Anticipating rebellion, they arrogantly declared themselves the "New Orions" (as opposed to the true ancient ones), and allowed a new Senate to be convened, made up of younger races.

Trimprob

This latest event reached the Italian Senate in 2011, when a senator raised a parliamentary inquire on the ceased production.


Adolfo de Hostos

After his retirement in 1950, the position of Official Historian remained vacant for 43 years, until the Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved in 1993 Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, authored by Sen. Kenneth McClintock, designated Dr. Pilar Barbosa.

Brandt Hershman

He currently serves as the Majority Whip and represents Senate District 7, which includes parts of White, Tippecanoe, Jasper, Clinton, Carroll and Howard Counties.

Candice Nelson

She also served as a Special Assistant to former Senate Majority Whip Alan Cranston and as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

Centre for Public Opinion Research

CBOS's work is supervised by a board established per the 1997 law, consisting of seven academic experts appointed by the council of ministers the and representatives of the Sejm, the Senate, the prime minister, and the president.

Commission on Foreign Economic Policy

Section 301 of this Act provided for a bipartisan commission which consisted of seventeen members: seven appointed by the President, five appointed from the Senate by the Vice President, and five from the United States House of Representatives by the Speaker.

Crédit Mobilier of America scandal

In 1872, the House of Representatives submitted the names of nine politicians to the Senate for investigation: Senators William B. Allison (R-IA), James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE), George S. Boutwell (R-MA), Roscoe Conkling (R-NY), James Harlan (R-IA), John Logan (R-IL), James W. Patterson (R-NH), and Henry Wilson (R-MA); and Vice President Schuyler Colfax (R-IN).

Curtis M. Loftis, Jr.

While at USC, he was twice elected president of the Student Senate and was a member, and president, of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act

In the 110th United States Congress (Jan 2007 to Jan 2009, both houses Democratic), the Senate bill was S. 367, and the House bills were HR 1910 and HR 1992.

Eugene Casserly

In the U.S. Senate, he served as chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads during the 42nd Congress and the Committee on Engrossed Bills during the 42nd Congress and 43rd Congress.

Fiona Nash

Between 1999 and 2004, she worked as staff member for National Party federal ministers, Mark Vaile, Larry Anthony, and De-Anne Kelly before her election to the Senate.

Frank J. Dodd

The crowded field of 13 Democratic candidates included U.S. Representative James Florio, U.S. Representative Robert A. Roe, Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson, Senate President Joseph P. Merlino, Attorney General John J. Degnan, and Jersey City Mayor Thomas F. X. Smith.

Genuine Opposition

On February 15, 2007 the group changed its named again to "Genuine Opposition" (GO) after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar in his office in Las Piñas.

Gold Star Mothers Club

In the 1974 Ohio Senate primary race between Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn, Metzenbaum contrasted his business background with Glenn's military and astronaut credentials, saying his opponent had "never worked for a living."

H. David Kotz

In December 2007, Kotz next became the Inspector General at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), following the resignation of his predecessor, Walter Stachnik, who stepped down after a Senate report criticized his performance.

Harold Burton

Harold Hitz Burton (1888–1964), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, member of the United States Senate and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Hugh Thompson, Jr.

Additionally on March 10, 1998, Senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.) entered a tribute to Thompson, Colburn and Andreotta into the record of the U.S. Senate.

Invitations to the first inauguration of Barack Obama

Invitations were sent to constituents, who received one of the 240,000 color-coded tickets to the inaugural ceremony distributed by House and Senate congressional members of the 111th U.S. Congress.

James Banks

Jim Banks (born 1979), American politician in the Indiana Senate

Louis B. Butler

NPR commented on the Senate's reluctance to confirm Butler in an August 4, 2011 article, stating that "Some of the longest waiting nominees, Louis Butler of Wisconsin, Charles Bernard Day of Maryland and Edward Dumont of Washington happen to be black or openly gay".

Marc Stanley

Stanley is a founding and current partner of Stanley, Mandel & Iola, L.L.P. and serves on the Credential Committee of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, is co-chair of the board of the Foundation for Jewish Culture, is a partner of Democracy Alliance, and a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional, Senate and National Committees.

Marion De Vries

On December 5, 1900, President McKinley nominated De Vries to the same seat, which had been vacated by Joseph Biddle Wilkinson, Jr. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 10, 1900.

Michael Doherty

Michael J. Doherty (born 1963), American Republican Party politician, member of the New Jersey Senate

Miroslav Šlouf

In 2000, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for senate as a Chrudim District candidate of the Czech Social Democratic Party.

Nancy E. Dick

She was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 1984, losing to incumbent Republican William L. Armstrong.

New York Civil Liberties Union

It was introduced to the State Senate by Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-35th S.D., during the 2009 legislative session.

New York State Route 260

A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in the New York State Senate on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and the New York State Assembly on June 20.

Office of Education

On Monday, February 1, 1858, a petition of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture was presented to the Senate "praying that a donation of land be made to each of the States for the establishment of agricultural colleges." Neither of the proposals was accepted until the time of the Lincoln administration (1861–65), after which it became necessary to gather information on the many schools already in existence, as well as on those being built.

Oklahoma Republican Party

Bud Wilkinson, legendary University of Oklahoma football coach (lost 1964 U.S. Senate election to Fred R. Harris)

Parliamentary Consultation Committee

It is established by Article 82 of the Belgian Constitution and its main task is to resolve certain disputes with regard to legislative procedure and the time limits within which the Senate can evoke and examine certain bills.

Paul Stevenson

More recently, Stevenson has become politically involved and in the upcoming 2013 Federal Election he will stand as the lead Senate candidate in Queensland for the Australian Democrats.

Paula Aboud

On January 3, 2006 she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate by the Pima County Board of Supervisors, following the resignation of Gabrielle Giffords, who stepped down to run for the United States House of Representatives.

Paycheck Fairness Act

The 2010 Senate version of the bill had the support of the Obama administration and that of Democrats in the Senate.

Richard O. Boyer

Richard Owen Boyer (January 10, 1903 – August 7, 1973) was an American freelance journalist who, before appearing at a Senate hearing, had contributed profiles to The New Yorker and written for the Daily Worker.

Richard W. Mallary

He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate, losing to present U.S. Senator from Vermont Patrick Leahy in his initial run for the U.S. Senate.

Sadik Ahmad Turkistani

During a debate in 2005 on Senator Lindsey Graham's motion to prevent detainees having access to the US courts, Senator Jeff Bingeman had several Washington Post articles on the plight of the Uyghur detainees read into the Senate Record.

Senatus consultum

Robert Byrd, The Senate of the Roman Republic, 1995, U.S. Government Printing Office, Senate Document 103-23 ;

Simon Hunt

Pauline Pantsdown (also known as Simon Hunt), Australian satirist and former Australian Senate candidate

Standing Rules of the United States Senate

The longest filibuster speech in the history of the Senate was delivered by Strom Thurmond, who spoke for over twenty-four hours in an unsuccessful attempt to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Stanley Walker

Stanley C. Walker (1923–2001), Democratic member of the Virginia Senate

Steve Goss

He represented the 45th Senate district, including constituents in Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties.

Ted Ferrioli

He represents Senate District 30, which encompasses Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Malheur, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler, and portions of Clackamas, Deschutes, and Marion counties.

Tomasi Kanailagi

The former President of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma, Fiji's largest Christian denomination, served in the Senate from 2001 to 2006 as a nominee of the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase.

United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense

Officials are appointed Deputy Undersecretary of Defense by the President and are confirmed by the Senate by majority vote.

United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1789

The 1st United States Congress had convened at Federal Hall in New York City on March 4, 1789, without any members from the State of New York, and without a quorum in either Senate or House.

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1986

In his 2002 memoir Worth the Fighting For, McCain described the race and his opponent: My first race for the Senate was pretty close to a foregone conclusion.

United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth

The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth is one of the six subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Finance, having been created on February 16, 2011, during the 111th Congress.

United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce

The United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce was a special committee of the United States Senate which existed from 1950 to 1951 and which investigated organized crime which crossed state borders in the United States.

Walter R. Nickel

In 1989 when Dr. Nickel died, then-Senator Pete Wilson eulogized him on the floor of the Senate and placed his obituary in the Congressional Record.

William John Macleay

Receiving little support he eventually left £12,000 to the University of Sydney for the foundation of a chair or lectureship in bacteriology, but this was rejected by the university senate due to the conditions of the bequest and the money went to the Linnean Society.


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