United States Senate
upper house of the United States Congress
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Summary
United States Senate is a senate[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of senate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46,420 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: elected legislative house[4], jurisdiction[5], legislative branch agency[6]
- Headquarters location: United States Capitol[7]
- Part of: United States Congress[8]
- Commons category: United States Senate[9]
- Opposite of: United States House of Representatives[10]
- Chairperson: JD Vance[11]
- Has part(s): President pro tempore of the United States Senate[12]
- Inception: 1789[13]
- Official website: https://senate.gov[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:United States Senate[15]
- Commons gallery: United States Senate[16]
- Applies to jurisdiction: United States[17]
- Number of seats: 100[18]
- Native label: The United States Senate[19]
- Different from: Senat[20], Senate of Canada[21]
- Position held by head of the organization: Vice President of the United States[22], Majority Leader of the United States Senate[23]
- Has part(s) of the class: United States senator[24], delegation[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[26]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for United States Senate include Senate bean soup[30].
Why It Matters
United States Senate has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for it include Senate bean soup[30].