Definition of Senate

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Senate

An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.

A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority.

The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons.

In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government.

The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.

In some American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students.

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Senate Quotations

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Barack Obama

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty."
Theodore Roosevelt

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
Will Rogers

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
Orson Welles

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
Everett Dirksen

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.
Dan Quayle

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.
Alexander Pope

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.
Hubert H. Humphrey

I hope that as the Senate and the American people learn more about me they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor

Senate Translations

senate in German is Senat
senate in Italian is senato, consiglio federale
senate in Spanish is senado
senate in Swedish is senaten

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