Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. Combined with the House of Representatives they form the bicameral legislature of the United States, as laid out within the constitution.
The Senate composition was established by Article One of the United States Constitution. It is comprised of Senators, with each of five states represented by two senators each. Previously, they were selected by the legislatures of the state that they represented, however the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913 changed this process to popular vote. 
The voting method used by the States to elect Senators varies from Ranked Choice voting to plurality first past the post voting. 
The duties and responsibilities of the House include passing federal legislation, advising and consenting to treaties, the cabinet, federal judges, flag officers, regulatory officials, and ambassadors. The Senate is also tasked with conducting the trials of members eached by the House, and serves for longer terms than Representatives. 
They meet in the North Wing of the United States Capitol building, with the Vice Presiding of the United States presiding over Senate, obtaining a vote should Senators be equally split. Since the 1920s, the docket of the Senate has been decided by the Senate Majority Leader, elected from within the largest Caucus. 
==Terms and Qualifications==
===Terms===
Senators serve on six year terms each, with the terms being staggered so that around one third of senators are up for election every two years, allowing for the start of a New Congreess biennially. Each third of the Senators are split into "classes" to better show when they will be up for election. 
There is no constitutional limit to the number of terms a senator may serve. 
===Qualifications===
Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution establishes the three basic requirements needed to be selected as a senator 
*Thirty years of age
*U.S citizen, nonstop, for the last nine years
*An inhabitant of the state they represent.
Currently, the Senate is controlled by the Democratic Party by a 6-3 majority, with 2 SUP members and 2 NPP members caucusing with the Democrats. 
==Current Composition==
===Democratic Caucus===
Senator 	State 	Class	Party 	Current Senate Position 	Committee Assignments	Term Start
Matthijs "Eis" May	Northeast	1 	Democratic Party 	Senate Majority Whip
Chair of the Judiciary Committee	Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee	2042
Mark Steiner 	Pacific 	1 	Socialist Unity Party 	N/A 	Budget Committee 	2048
Xavier Ward 	Midwest 	2 	National Progressives Party	Ranking Member of the Rules Committee	Budget Committee
Rules Committee	2026
Dovin Lawless 	Freedonia	2 	Democratic 	N/A 	N/A 	2038
Nicholas King XXX 	Frontier 	2 	National Progressives Party	Chair of the Ethics Committee 	Judiciary Committee
Ethics Committee	2047
Max Frederik 	Pacific 	3 	Socialist Unity Party 	Senate Majority Leader
Chair of the Budget Committee	Budget Committee
Judiciary Committee
Ethics Committee	2024
Larry Cheeks 	Pacific 	1 	Socialist Unity Party 	N/A 	N/A 	2044
===Republican Caucus===
Senator 	State 	Class	Party 	Current Senate Position 	Committee Assignments	Term Start
Darth Vader 	Northeast	2 	Republican	Senate Minority Leader
Ranking Member of the Budget Committee	Budget Committee
Rules Committee	2044
John Boehner 	Midwest 	3 	Republican	Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee	Judiciary Committee 	2047
Cornelius "Corn Pop" Papinski	Freedonia	3 	Republican	President Pro Tempore
Ranking Member of the Ethics Committee	Budget Committee
Rules Committee
Ethics Committee	2046
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