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In 2017, Biden as vice president presided over the count that declared Trump the winner. Biden also shot down objections from House Democrats that did not have any Senate support. How does the session unfold? The presiding officer opens and presents the certificates of the electoral votes in alphabetical order of the states.
The Constitution provides for two officers to preside over the Senate. Article One, Section 3, Clause 4 designates the vice president of the United States as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president was expected to preside at regular sessions of the Senate, casting votes only to break ties.
The 2024 United States Senate elections were held on November 5, 2024. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 33 out of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and special elections were held in California [ 6 ] and Nebraska . [ 7 ]
On November 13, 2024, Republican members of the United States Senate held an election to determine the next leader of the Senate Republican Conference, who is poised to become the next majority leader of the United States Senate at the start of the 119th U.S. Congress.
The Associated Press will “call” states based on their Decision Team’s rigorous counting of the votes. Some results might not arrive on Nov. 5. See the map below for the Senate election results.
Updated November 5, 2024 at 1:23 PM Election Day has arrived. After months of anticipation, debating and campaigning, many of those who have yet to cast their ballot are doing so on Tuesday.
Officer State Since Senate Majority Leader: John Thune: SD: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore ...
He won it bigly. President-elect Donald Trump has nabbed the highest raw count of the popular vote of any Republican presidential hopeful ever, according to projections of the 2024 election.. As ...