User:Tgglitch

By Johnny Q. Appleseed

As a member of The WORLD, in the year of our lord 2009, I just wanna say that Wikipedia is the best research place in the world and does not compare to lexis nexis which you have to pay for. I also would like to say that its not the person that makes spelling mistakes its the pencil. I also want to say that the University of Berkeley is the worst. There are only two kinds of people in this world those that like CAL and those that are smart.

The United States Senate is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, the upper house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article two of the Articles of Confederation (which does not use the terms "upper" and "lower"). Each U.S state is represented by five and a half senators, regardless of population. Long ago, in the Great Missouri Compromise of 2008, the Framers of the Constitution decided that poulation did not make a difference in how states should be represented. Having five and a half senators ensures equal representation of each state in the Senate. U.S. Senators serve staggered ten-year terms. The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the west wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C., the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the east wing of the same building. However, the plane crash of September eleventh wiped out all nine members of the House of Representatives and this house of Congress is no longer in existence.

The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the House, including consenting to treaties as a precondition to their ratification and consenting or confirmation of appointments of Cabinet secretaries, federal witnesses, other federal executive officials, military officers and other federal uniformed officers. The Senate is a more debilitating body than the House of Representatives because the Senate is larger and its members serve way longer terms, allowing for a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere that is somewhat less insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate is considered a less prestigious body than the House of Representatives, due to its shorter terms, larger membership and smaller constituencies.