state senate

In some federal states senates also exist at the subnational level.

He earlier was elected to the state senates of Ohio and Minnesota.

Mississippi, Louisiana and Virginia are the only states with no women in their state senates, according to the study.

The term is also used in connection with procedural maneuvers in various state senates.

Many state senates are organized in the same way as the United States Senate.

Members of state senates in the United States:

These rules are similar to the rules that govern the upper house most of the state senates in the United States.

Unlike most state senates, the West Virginia Senate can introduce revenue bills.

You can learn more about the United States Senates' committee system on the Senate home page.

They modeled the Senate on governors' councils of the colonial era and on the state senates that had evolved since independence.

Until that time, counties were often represented by area in state senates and were often unsympathetic to urban problems requiring increased taxes.

Lieutenant governors customarily break ties in state senates, and so Kentucky Democrats might have appeared assured of keeping a one-vote edge.

Becker is currently seeking re-election to the Washington State Senates, citing the need to remove burdens on small businesses to allow them to hire again.

Democrats took control of the legislatures in Montana and Nevada by winning majorities in the State Senates, the study said.

'As you know, the state Senates in New York and Ohio ratified the 35th early yesterday.

Many of them constitutionally preside over their state senates, which allows them to wield influence over legislation and occasionally to cast important tie-breaking votes.

Under this original system, both United States Senates representing each state in the U.S. Senate were chosen by a majority vote of the state legislature.

(f) The Washington State and New York State Senates currently operate under a coalition between Republicans and Democrats.

Foster's grandfather, also named Neal W. Foster (1916-1979) and nicknamed "Willie," served one term apiece in the Territorial and State Senates during the 1950s and 1960s.

Since 1998, several governors, members of state senates and houses of representatives, mayors and city councilors have issued annual citations and proclamations, recognizing the Haitian Heritage Month celebration in their states or cities.

Four states - Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia - hold elections in odd-numbered years, and the state senates of South Carolina, Kansas and New Mexico are not up this fall.

However, in the 1964 decision Reynolds v. Sims, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, unlike the United States Senate, state senates must be elected from districts of approximately equal population.

This power is also held by several state Senates, which are consulted on and approve various appointments made by the state's chief executive, such as some statewide officials, state departmental heads in the Governor's cabinet, and state judges (in some states).

'Augustus Caesar Dodge' (January 2, 1812 – November 20, 1883) was one of the first set of United States Senates to represent the state of Iowa after it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1846 .