Senate stories:
Senator Lifts Holds on Most Nominees
Feb 9th, 2010 - New York Times
washington - senator richard c. shelby, republican of alabama, on monday night lifted most of the nearly 70 holds he had placed on president obama's nominations to posts that require senate confirmation. last week, robert gibbs, the white house
Scott Brown sworn in as new US senator from Massachusetts
Feb 4th, 2010 - CNN
washington (cnn) – republican scott brown was sworn in thursday as the new u.s. senator from massachusetts to fill the seat formerly held by the late sen. ted kennedy, and immediately signaled opposition to president barack obama's spending plans
Obama criticizes Senate Republicans for delaying confirmation votes
Feb 3rd, 2010 - Washington Post
president obama criticized senators wednesday for using a legislative tactic he once practiced himself, saying that republicans were delaying confirmation votes on several of his nominees for reasons unrelated to their qualifications. "we've
Illinois voters choose Senate nominees
Feb 3rd, 2010 - Heraldtribune
chicago - illinois voters in the nation's first primary of the year picked candidates tuesday for an election in which democrats will try to defend the governor's office and a u.s. senate seat from the republican party. the targets include
In Senate Panel, Concern Over Deficit
Feb 2nd, 2010 - New York Times
director, peter r. orszag, sat through more than 90 minutes of bipartisan criticism at a hearing of the senate budget committee. the panel's chairman, senator kent conrad, democrat of north dakota, said he generally agreed with the president's approach
Senate videos from YouTube:
3:55George Galloway vs. U.S Senate (5/17/05)
British MP Galloway, falsely accused of taking bribes from Saddam Hussein, tears the US Senate a new one in this exhilarating MSNBC clip that grows more apropos every day.
1:38Christian extremists disrupt Hindu Senate invocation
christian extremists disrupt Hindu senate invocation
1:45Raw Video: Ailing Sen. Kennedy Returns to Senate
plusraw Video: Ailing Sen. Kennedy Returns to senateraw Video: Ailing Sen. Kennedy Returns to senatethe Associated presssen. Edward M. Kennedy, battling a brain tumor, walked through a wall of applause into the Senate on Wednesday ...
Senate from WikiPedia:
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, since senate means the assembly of the eldest and wiser members of the society and ruling class. Two of the first official senates were the Spartan Gerousia (????????) and the Roman Senate.
The modern word senatorial is derived from the Latin word sen?tus (senate), which comes from senex, "old man". The members or legislators of a senate are called senators. The Latin word senator was adopted into English with no change in spelling. Its meaning is derived from a very ancient form of simple social organization in which decision-making powers are reserved for the eldest men.
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