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Instead of engaging in a Revert War over this, lets talk about it here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KingWither (talk • contribs) 17:06, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
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The new DNC rules prohibit non-Democrats from running for president. This would mean that Bernie Sanders would have to be a Democrat.... Infinity2323236 (talk) 11:21, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Theere was a large spike in views of this article on 8 February 2020. It went up to a remarkable 17 million on that day and it has been consistently high ever since – about 4 million daily views on average. This makes it the most popular Wikipedia article but this seems anomalous because hot news like the pandemic or Kenny Rogers death didn't go so high. Curious ... Andrew🐉(talk) 10:07, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
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Under Current Composition, in addition to listing the number of senators of each party, this page should replicate the table found at the end of the House of Representatives article whereby the number of state delegation majorities is also listed. Obviously, with the Senate, there is considerably higher probability of split delegations so there should be three categories. Ideally, this information would also be listed in the caption box at the top right hand side of the page. This may only be of interest in rare instances, but given that it would determine the likely outcome of a vote in the Senate for the Vice President, it should be clearly and plainly available as a foundational aspect of how the Senate would function in one of its most momentous and important constitutionally manadated functions.
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template. This information is already available at List of current United States senators, which is linked from the same place as the table would be placed. Since the number of legations that are majority Democratic or Republican is identical to the number of delegations without a split delegation, this request only repackages information already available. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:36, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
I was just going to add a reference that says a little more about the term "the world's greatest deliberative body." Kathy Kiely in the Washington Post notes that it is attributed to James Buchanan, is often parroted by senators, was cited recently by Chief Justice Roberts, made it onto the official US Senate website, and that "members of the British Parliament might take exception to this self-serving characterization." It is based in part on the supposed ability of senators to talk as long as they want, but new filibuster rules have thwarted that. Also touched upon in the article is that it was designed by the founding fathers to be more deliberative than the populist House, whose members have to run for reelection every two years and thus were supposed to be closer to the whims of the people. (The president at the time was also not directed elected, and obviously fewer were allowed to vote back then, as well.) Today in the Senate says Kathy Kiely, the author of the article, it is rare to see most of the members even show up all at once for a proper debate. The page is partially locked but someone else is free to add any of this if they wish.--100.4.149.184 (talk) 12:27, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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Not done: Unclear what change is requested. Terasail[Talk] 22:09, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
At several points in the Article there are references to the leader of the majority party (etc.). What happens if there is no majority party? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mfc (talk • contribs) 07:38, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
The Vice President would be tie breaker and there fore the majority party would be the Vice Presidents party unless the Vice President is a independent in that case there would be no majority or minority party — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.180.90 (talk) 15:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
The Senate's own Chaplain described the US Senate as "a quagmire of dysfunction" after the 2021 insurgency. To ignore that and continue describing it as the world's greatest deliberative body is blind to the work of other democracies around the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.78.11.73 (talk) 12:28, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
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Change information in side bar to reflect the current state of the US senate, from there being 51 Republicans, 46 Democrats, and 2 Democratically aligned Independents, and one vacancy resulting in a Republican mojrity to 48 Democrats, 50 Republicans, and 2 democratically aligned independents, resulting in a Democratic majority as a result of the Vice President being democratic and acting as the tie-braking factor. EduCow (talk) 19:11, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Like the title says. Do we have to wait for Warnock and Ossoff to be sworn in before I can change the party balance in the infobox? In the body, I can obviously explain the results and how they aren't senators yet, but what's the protocol for the infobox? Thanks. Cpotisch (talk) 21:45, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
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On this page, it says Jon Ossoff was given the senior senator position because his name comes first in the alphabet, which is not true. It was determined to be Ossoff because he was elected for a full term and Raphael Warnock was not.
Here is a source: https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/archives/lph-congress.htm#:~:text=Of%20the%20two%20Senators%20from,as%20the%20%22junior%22%20Senator Owenrhysthomas (talk) 18:57, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
I was checking the meta colors and they are wrong on the chart! Check here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Independent_Democratic/meta/color The independent colors are off by a bit Bbraxtonlee (talk) 02:46, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
I asked a question at Wikimedia Commons at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:117th_United_States_Senate.svg about whether it would be useful to create a diagram on the lines of the diagram for the Scottish Parliament, where thr vice president would get a dot too?
Egroeg5 (talk) 01:07, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
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Under the heading "Membership", in "Qualification", the article says that all Senators must be "a citizen of the ted States" rather than "United States", which would be correct 2003:E7:1712:B00:EC37:ABFD:37FD:C89B (talk) 09:43, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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Madison is misquoted under the History section. Change "the people" to "they". Maybe include the rest of the paragraph for fuller context. Mistertoki (talk) 22:32, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
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In the third paragraph of the intro portion, there is a missing comma (",") here: "federal judges (including Federal Supreme Court justices) flag officers", between "justices)" and "flag officers".
Similarly, the oxford comma is missing in this same sentence in this same paragraph here: "other federal executive officials and federal uniformed officers.", between "executive officials" and "federal uniformed".
Please add these two commas, thank you! Snpalavan (talk) 15:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
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Add after 51 Majority line in intro box “60 for Fillibuster-proof majority” and hyperlink to filibuster 207.153.22.11 (talk) 05:18, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Not done: - As the filibuster is a matter of Senate rules, rather than an inherent feature of the Senate from the Constitution, combined with the fact that the filibuster only applies to certain types of Senate business, I don't think this belongs in the infobox. PianoDan (talk) 23:00, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
The U.S. Does not have an upper and lower chamber. This is something you learn in any high school government class. The House of Representatives and the Senate are equal. I do not deny that there is more prestige in the Senate - none the less, the Senate is not the upper chamber, and the House is not the lower. Can we change this or cite that formally? Anyone who knows anything knows that's wrong.
I disagree. They are equal technically speaking but the Senate can be regarded as the "Upper Chamber" and the House as the "Lower Chamber." The Senate is certainly "Upper" in the sense that there are less members, each member represents a state in its entirety versus a portion of a state, the minimum age to become a Senator is 30 versus 25 for the House, the Senate has advice and consent powers that the House does not have, etc.--Tpkatsa (talk) 18:09, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
Hear me out, please -- the U.S. has 100 senators, that's rather obvious and well-sourced. But is there any evidence that the Senate actually has 100 members?
Since the Vice President is part of the Senate I wonder if the number in the seating diagram should be actually 101. 222.154.237.170 (talk) 20:09, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
The Senate has 100 members, two for each state in the United States. The Vice President is not member, even though the Vice President may be called upon to break a tie vote or sit for ceremonial purposes.--Tpkatsa (talk) 18:11, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
"Though this was an intentional part of the Connecticut Compromise, critics have described the fact that representation in the Senate is not proportional to the population as "anti-democratic" and "minority rule".
The United States is a republic, not a democracy. The Senate is not and was never intended to be a democratic body (like the House). Even with the direct election of senators, the Senate does not represent the people per se; senators represent sovereign states, and there is a difference between the two types of representation. --Tpkatsa (talk) 18:18, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
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Remove the 1extra senator from the diagram there are only 100 not 101 143.170.73.183 (talk) 13:12, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html
this seems like a big deal, no? Littlepagers (talk) 11:18, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
She hasn't announced that she'll be caucusing with the Democrats. But, she has said she hopes to keep her positions on sub-committees. GoodDay (talk) 06:02, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
Unless I'm missing something, Louisiana and Mississippi should be switched in the voting systems section of the infobox. Mississippi only has runoffs for primaries, so senators are elected by plurality in the general. Louisiana uses a form of the two-round system (candidates can't get <50% in the general). I didn't want to change it unilaterally in case I was wrong about something here as it seems like a weird mistake. User136596 (talk) 05:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
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The party composition of the Senate during the 117th Congress:
Affiliation | Members | |
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Republican | 50 | |
Democratic | 47 | |
Independents | 3[a] | |
Total | 100 |
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The grey dot in the infobox's party structure chart should be turned red now that the Nebraska vacancy has been filled. Oooooooseven (talk) 01:30, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
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Strom Thurmond was later a Republican senator from South Carolina. 24.46.59.173 (talk) 01:10, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
There could me more salary info on the Senate as a body. This include the Senate Parliamentarian, clerk, seargeant at arms, etc.. 207.96.32.81 (talk) 01:35, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
Tommy Tuberville is single-handedly ruining military readiness. He has no business being in the Senate and is oblivious to the harm he is causing all because of a man’s persecution of women. What will Tommy say to the threat from China is rising? I care more about taking women’s rights away? 71.70.226.126 (talk) 15:47, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
I count 25 entire paragraphs that are without any type of source or attribution. I'm kind of surprised. That seems like a lot for a topic like this one. MonMothma (talk) 15:50, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
I think there should be a new page displaying the voting record of each present senator and past senators, with each bill they voted on, explained in a way that is easily understandable BigUnit69 (talk) 15:48, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
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