Synonym: Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate, United States Senate. Similar words: senator, donate, resonate, dominate, eliminate, laminated, coordinate, fortunately. Meaning: ['senət] n. 1. assembly possessing high legislative powers 2. the upper house of the United States Congress.
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61) The upper house of the US Congress is the Senate.
62) Losing the Senate vote was a serious reverse for the President.
63) The new bill would remove student representation from the university Senate.
64) The Senate had a sufficient majority to override the presidential veto .
65) They feel deeply the honor of belonging to the Senate.
66) The president vetoed the bill, and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto.
67) He said he expects Senate approval as well.
68) The Senate met briefly but took no action.
69) Defending a U. S. Senate seat is another matter.
70) The Senate had already approved a similar measure.
71) The Senate renewed its authorization a day later.
72) As part of that effort[sentencedict.com], Senate staffs were briefed on the law last month.
73) Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole supports it, though he has ranked it below other foreign-policy priorities.
74) Connie Mack, R-Fla., as the Senate voted 74-22 for the bill.
75) The space released in Senate House will provide some much-needed additional office accommodation.
76) President Corazon Aquino had appealed to the Senate to ratify the agreement.
77) The Administration proposed and the Senate approved a similar understanding in its resolution of ratification of the Convention against Torture.
78) Eight months later he announced his candidacy for U. S. Senate.
79) However, the override is given little chance of passing the Senate where 54 senators voted for the ban last year.
80) We amended the Constitution in 1913 because we decided the people should rule in the Senate.
81) For what else could so many well-connected old buffers do if not manoeuvre themselves into and around the Senate?
82) He is now running for his eighth Senate term at the age of 93.
83) Also, as the Senate leader, Dole can contrast himself with Clinton with a legislative agenda that reinforces his campaign message.
84) The Senate Judiciary Committee approved it, but several senators said they voted for it just to expedite the full Senate debate.
85) Octavio Lepage, the head of the Senate, is now acting president.
86) The Senate approved an overhaul, only to see it die in the House.
87) But when it came time for the crucial Senate vote, a highly charged, emotional Opposition nearly blocked it.
88) That's why he has spent 14 years in the Senate pushing for campaign finance reform.
89) Legislative power is vested in a bicameral parliament consisting of a popularly elected 49-member House of Assembly and an appointed 16-member Senate.
90) The Senate plan thus anticipated simplifying the review process characteristic of the categorical grants.
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