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The Senate: Pillar of Careful Legislation

Learn about the Senate's unique features, leadership roles, committee roles, rules, and traditions that set it apart as a weighty and meticulous legislative body compared to the House of Representatives.

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The Senate: Pillar of Careful Legislation

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  1. Section 4: The Senate Chapter 5: Congress: The Legislative Branch

  2. The Senate Main Idea Senators represent entire states, have longer terms, and follow different rules of debate. These features help give the Senate its reputation as a more weighty and careful body than the House.

  3. The Senate • Reading Focus • What are the major features of the Senate and its membership? • What are the Senate’s leadership posts? • What is the role of committees in the Senate? • What are some of the distinctive rules and traditions of the Senate?

  4. Debate in the Senate

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