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Senate , Senate
The upper chamber, or smaller branch, of the U.S. Congress. The upper chamber of the legislature of most of the states.
The U.S. Constitution… chamber , cham·ber / ˈchāmbər/ • n. 1. a hall used by a legislative or judicial body. ∎ the body that meets in such a hall. ∎ any of the houses of a legislatur… Cloture , CLOTURE
CLOTURE is a procedure used by the United States Senate to end a filibuster or prolonged debate and reach a final vote on the pending motion,… Congress Of The United States , Congress
The federal House and Senate developed in parallel but distinct ways. That was a function of their innate institutional differences and of t… Whittaker Chambers , Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers
In 1948 TIME magazine editor Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961) testified that in the 1930s he helped organize a Co… Abdera , Abdera a Greek city in Thrace whose inhabitants were proverbial for their stupidity.
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