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Iowa caucuses: Donald Trump suffers surprise defeat to Ted Cruz ...  Feb 2, 2016 ... Cruz wins first vote in the race to choose a Republican presidential ... surprise defeat to Ted Cruz, while Hillary Clinton wins on a coin toss .... Spoke briefly to Ted Cruz after his victory speech. ... He says "it appears we are in a virtual tie," and then has to wait for an ... Mr King said: "It's a great day to be alive.
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U.S. Senate: Vice President of the United States (President of the ...  Another was mobbed in his car while on a goodwill mission. ... There was to be none. ... Since the 1870s, however, no vice president has cast as many as 10 tie-breaking votes. .... A scrupulous guardian of the Senate's written rules, he disdained its ... because vice presidents of the era were rarely men of presidential stature.
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What happens if the Senate is tied? | Washington Examiner  Oct 14, 2014 ... It's hard to govern with 50 percent, former Senate parliamentarian ... He presided over the Senate's rules and procedures during the ... While the vice president provided a tie-breaking vote, first for ... serves as the Senate president and is able to cast tie-breaking votes, as Gore and Cheney did in 2001.
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Robert's Rules of Order, Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ  What is the proper way to break a tie during an election of officers? ... Should he have waited until the meeting came back to order, or was he right in casting the ... I am aware that the president may vote to break a tie vote on a motion. ..... If an organization has no bylaws and its parliamentary authority is Robert's Rules of...
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Gore Casts Tie-Breaking Vote as Senate OKs Clinton Budget ...  Aug 7, 1993 ... Gore Casts Tie-Breaking Vote as Senate OKs Clinton Budget : Deficit: 51-50 ... Kerrey said he was reluctantly backing the plan. ... cleared its last congressional hurdle Friday night, when the Senate ended a ... 51 to 50, with Vice President Al Gore casting a tie-breaking vote. ... His 104 scores make his case...
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U.S. Senate: Senate Legislative Process  Chapter 3: Senate Floor Procedure .... First, they set the senatorial term of office at six years even though the duration of a Congress is two years. ... But no single senator exercised central management of the legislative process in the ... "Whereas Senate Rules permit virtually unlimited debate, and very few restrictions on the...
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Lugar Could Become Just 2nd 6-Term Senator to Lose ...  May 2, 2012 ... Only one six-term U.S. Senator has lost his party's nomination out of two-dozen who completed their sixth term in the direct election era ... Senator Dick Lugar is on the ropes in his renomination bid against primary ... Arkansas Democrat John McClellan in 1977 ... Vermont Republican George Aiken in 1974
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1941: Senator Elected on a Write-in Ballot  1941: Senator Elected on a Write-in Ballot. ... United States Senate ... On the first day of September 1954, South Carolina Democratic Senator Burnet ... No one seriously questioned his right to the seat, but many questioned the process ... On November 2, 1954, Strom Thurmond won with 63 percent of the vote and thereby...
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Article I, Section 3, Clause 4: Vice President as Presiding Officer  Yet it was agreed that allowing the Vice President to preside over the Senate, and to ... to preside over the body, and should that Senator cast the tie-breaking vote, ... a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he sh. ... of Contract  State Title of Nobility  Import-Export Clause  Compact Clause.
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United States Senate elections, 2012 - Wikipedia  Elections to the United States Senate were held on November 6, 2012, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections whose winners will serve six-year terms beginning January 3, 2013 with the 113th Congress. The Democrats had 21 seats up for election, plus two independents who ..... Three-term incumbent and Senate Minority Whip Republican Jon Kyl, who...
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U.S. Senate: Reference Home >  VP. ... The President of the Senate's Role in the Legislative Process ... When the vice president is absent, the president pro tempore presides over the Senate. Junior senators fill in as presiding officer when neither the vice president nor...
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United States Congress - Wikipedia  Each state, regardless of population or size, has two senators. Currently, there are 100 senators representing the 50 states. Each senator is elected at-large in their state for a six-year term, with terms staggered, so every two years approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election.
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U.S. Senate: Oath of Office  Upon taking office, senators-elect must swear or affirm that they will "support and ... or a surrogate administers the oath to newly elected or re-elected senators.
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U.S. Senate delegation from Kansas - Ballotpedia  Jun 5, 2016 ... On November 4, 2014, Pat Roberts (R) won re-election to the U.S. Senate. ... November 2010 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. ... Sam Brownback, Republican, 1996-2011.
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U.S. Senate: The Senate and the United States Constitution  [U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 3, clause 1] ... As early as 1776, Connecticut's Roger Sherman had suggested that Congress represent the people as well as the states. ... Only Pennsylvania voted in favor of three senators. .... The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote...
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Vice President of the United States - Wikipedia  The Vice President of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest-ranking official in the ... The vice president is the first person in the presidential line of succession, and .... Dick Cheney's tie-breaking vote gave the Republicans the Senate majority. ... For four years he then has to sit in the seat of the silent, attending to...
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Senate Tribute to Robert C. Byrd on Casting His 15000th Vote  Jun 28, 2010 ... But for more than 39 years, Senator Byrd has managed to run the Senate as Majority ... positions in the U.S. Senate than any other Senator in history. ... I am grateful to the good people of West Virginia for trusting me with this...
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President pro tempore of the United States Senate - Wikipedia  Since 1890, the most senior senator in the majority party has generally been chosen to be president pro tempore; this tradition has been observed without interruption since 1949. During the vice president's absence, the president pro tempore is empowered to preside over Senate sessions.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ...  Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. ... The chairman is always selected from the majority party and the ranking member is the most senior member ... Thomas Carper. Delaware. Democrat. Regulatory . ... Ohio. Republican. Chair, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations...
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Congressional Elections Held every 2 years 1/3 Senate (continuous ...  Congressional Elections Held every 2 years 1/3 Senate (continuous body) and all ... and meetings Reelection rates for incumbents in the House are above 90%. .... have decreased in influence - unions Media: diluted grass-roots face-to-face...
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President of the Senate - Wikipedia  The Senate chooses a president pro tempore to preside in the vice president's absence. Modern presidents pro tempore, too, rarely preside over the Senate. In practice, the junior senators of the majority party typically preside in order to learn Senate procedure.