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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121) It also cleared the way for the Senate to take action on Mr Bush's cabinet nominees and his legislative agenda.
122) A recent letter from the senate of a local liberal arts college is sitting on my desk.
123) Dole spent Wednesday in Washington acting in his official capacity as Senate majority leader.
124) Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.
125) Just as ominously, the Senate leadership seems inclined to attach conditions to the money.
126) Thompson is seeking Senate approval for a $ 6. 5 million budget to conduct wide-ranging hearings later this year.
127) The congressional black caucus has lost its way since the Republicans took control of House and Senate.
128) The new Senate president banged down the gavel and called the chamber to order with a strong firm voice.
129) The House vote effectively ends the matter for this session,[http://sentencedict.com/Senate.html] avoiding the need for debate or votes in the Senate.
130) Since returning from his Easter break in Florida he has bungled and backtracked even in his fief, the Senate.
131) The Senate bill would raise the tax deduction for health insurance bought by the self-employed.
132) An election campaign between an incumbent president and a Senate majority leader is bound to be fought out in legislative jousting.
133) But Dole has, in his long Senate career, led the charge for the second -, third-and fourth-largest.
134) Forty senators could block the bill because Senate rules require 60 votes to take up a conference committee report.
135) Gramm is still on the presidential ballot here, and he is advertising on television for his Senate re-election campaign.
136) DeConcini also chaired the Senate appropriations subcommittee overseeing Customs' budget.
137) The bill was approved 64-32 by the Senate on Wednesday, and approval seems likely in the House by early March.
138) Then, in 1994, Clinton won a round when the Senate approved Deval Patrick without much controversy.
139) For example, the House leadership may put the Senate welfare reform bill up for a vote.
140) Herman seemed headed for confirmation after the Senate Labor Committee unanimously approved her nomination last week.
141) The Senate version of the bill contained a time bomb, however.
142) Senate debate on the proposed balanced budget amendment could begin as early as next week.
143) The House adopted the proposal last year but it lost by one vote in the Senate.
144) When the Senate adopts a measure by 100 votes to none, the ordinary citizen should count the spoons.
145) The Senate approved a different version of the bill without the amendment.
146) The Senate subcommittee, like too many government entities, asked the wrong questions and provided no answers.
147) And the Senate can only approve or disapprove the agreement.
148) The bill is the first campaign reform measure in 25 years with bipartisan support in the House and Senate.
149) The Senate added a $ 16 billion tobacco tax to provide extra health care funding for uninsured children.
150) Sundram then must be confirmed to the lifetime appointment by the full Senate.
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