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The current distribution numbers for "Dear Colleague" letters in the Senate are 100 for all Senators; 20 for standing, select, and special committees; 5 for the joint leadership; and; 1 each for the officers of the Senate (total of 7). [28] The choice to send "Dear Colleague" letters electronically is at the discretion of the individual Senate ...
The Senate uses roll-call votes; a clerk calls out the names of all the senators, each senator stating "aye" or "no" when his or her name is announced. The House reserves roll-call votes for the election of the Speaker, as a roll-call of all 435 representatives takes quite some time; normally, members vote by electronic device.
A member of the United States Senate can resign by writing a letter of resignation to the governor of the state that the senator represents. [1] Under Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States, and under the Seventeenth Amendment, in case of a vacancy in the Senate resulting from resignation, the executive authority of the state (today known in every state as the governor ...
Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) weighed in on President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his Defense chief, suggesting he will be “easily confirmed.” “I dare ...
During Senate sessions, senators exercising their constitutional power to provide its "advice and consent" hold hearings and confirmation votes for presidential appointmees such as Cabinet heads ...
On the Senate floor, lawmakers can force a vote on any element they think does not fit. If the challenge, known as a "point of order," gets more than 40 votes, the provision is struck from the bill.
Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) indicated that he will not vote for North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) for governor and maintained that his focus is on getting former President Trump and state ...