Senate
(Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
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Palpatine scrapped the Senate to get rid of the Oversight committee that was asking tough questions of the guy behind it all: Hegg-Sith.
Ohio’s May 5 primary will shape major statewide races, from governor to US Senate to key offices that impact elections and state policy
View from The Hill: Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house? The One Nation leader is leaving open the idea that she might quit her Senate seat to stand for the House of Representatives.
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(Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
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Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.).
“NEW: Mike Rogers spent yesterday doubling down on his call for cops to monitor Detroit voters, dodging voter suppression concerns, and publicly questioning the results of his 2024 Senate race. michigandems.com/new-mike-rog...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ohio’s May 5 primary will shape major statewide races, from governor to US Senate to key offices that impact elections and state policy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“219 bipartisan members of the U.S. House signed a letter signaling their support for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program funding for the next fiscal year. The Senate must do the same. Urge your senators to support funding today! https://nbcc.info/48KnKRk”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A return to normalcy and protocol premised on a faith in US institutions which was no longer tenable, given the rogue Supreme Court and partisan Congress. (Meanwhile, Dem control of the Senate was handicapped by the two quislings, Manchin and Sinema.)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Rhode Island Senate will convene today at 4 p.m. Floor calendars: status.rilegislature.gov/calendars.aspx Watch: capitoltvri.cablecast.tv”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
“The 2026 Senate Map If Trump Is Still THIS Unpopular www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKE...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Palpatine scrapped the Senate to get rid of the Oversight committee that was asking tough questions of the guy behind it all: Hegg-Sith.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“View from The Hill: Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house? The One Nation leader is leaving open the idea that she might quit her Senate seat to stand for the House of Representatives.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You want Trump and the republican majority of the senate to expand the Supreme Court right now? That does not sound like a good scenario to me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church is running for the US Senate in Kansas The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas #abcnews”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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