U. S. Senate States in the Senate Find your state's senators and learn about your state's place in Senate history
U. S. Senate: Senators Links to biographical information, Senate service accomplishments, military service, awards and honors, and more for current and former senators States in the Senate Lists of all senators from each state and facts about each state's history in the U S Senate
U. S. Senate: Floor Proceedings The Congressional Record is a substantially verbatim account of the remarks made by senators and representatives while they are on the floor of the Senate and the House of Representatives It also includes all bills, resolutions, and motions proposed, and roll call votes
Tentative 2025 Legislative Schedule - U. S. Senate The list below identifies expected non-legislative periods (days that the Senate will not be in session) The schedule is also available in calendar format (PDF) The 2024 tentative schedule is still available
Leadership Officers - U. S. Senate Listed below are the current leadership and officers for the 118th Congress Also available on Senate gov are historical essays on and lists of Senate leadership and Senate officers
U. S. Senate: About the Senate Explore the Senate’s Constitutional foundations, its unique role in America’s governmental system, and its rich history
U. S. Senate: About the Senate and the Constitution This became the Senate The characteristics of the Senate—the basis of representation, the number of senators per state, the qualifications for office, the terms of service, and the powers that the body exercises—were the product of fierce debate and a number of compromises at the Constitutional Convention
U. S. Senate: Bills, Acts, Laws • 20-year Comparison of Senate Legislative Activity (PDF) • Public Laws Granting Honorary U S Citizenship • Vetoes, 1789 to Present •
U. S. Senate: Contacting U. S. Senators Please include your return postal mailing address when corresponding with a Senate office Telephone Phone numbers are available on each state's page or on your senator's website
Qualifications Terms of Service - U. S. Senate The Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U S Senate: age (at least thirty years of age); U S citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election The details of these qualifications were hammered out by the Constitution's framers during the Constitutional Convention in 1787