At the time of the nation's founding, all Senate sessions were closed.

In the 1950s, there was less than one filibuster per Senate session.

She retired in 1973, two years after giving the opening prayer at a Senate session.

Little got done in the first Senate session since August.

Reemul, two days from now the new Senate session begins.

Recess appointees hold office only until the end of the next Senate session (at most, less than two years).

That is the effective result of what has happened to the filibuster in the Senate session just ended.

In 2007, the bill failed to come to a final vote before the Senate session ended.

A doorkeeper was also necessary to control access to the Senate sessions, which were private for the first six years.

Only every other Senate session may initiate the amendment process.