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The princeps senatus (pl. principes senatus), in English the leader of the senate, was the first member by precedence on the membership rolls of the Roman Senate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although officially out of the cursus honorum and possessing no imperium , this office conferred prestige on the senator holding it.
Republican senators went to great lengths on Wednesday to avoid bashing President Donald Trump and his criticism of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but they didn't hold back on Russian ...
The consilium principis comprised Augustus, the consuls and 15 senators with lower ranking members rotating out of the body every six months, however, owing to Augustus' auctoritas and him being princeps the body fell under his auspices. Scullard reinforces this notion saying "In one important way he made the Senate more efficient and at the ...
That included conversations with other senators who ultimately voted against the nomination, like former GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
Democratic Senators Edward Markey, Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris Van Hollen and Bernie Sanders objected to the resignation of Denise Cheung, who left the U.S. Attorney's office under pressure from offici
President James Buchanan (Democrat) and William Rufus King (Democrat), who served as vice-president under Franklin Pierce, were the subject of gossip alleging their having a years-long homosexual affair in Washington, D.C.. Andrew Jackson referred to King as “Miss Nancy.” [22] (1850s)
In total, senators on both sides of the aisle, Young included, asked Gabbard 10 times whether Snowden was a traitor, but her reply generally consisted of saying, “Edward Snowden broke the law.”
Several GOP senators have not endorsed Trump — and likely won't before the election. Some of them voted to impeach Trump after January 6 and have sworn him off entirely.