In addition, the Club for Growth also makes independent expenditures to pressure certain moderate Republicans to vote more conservatively ( e. g. running ads against Senators George Voinovich of Ohio, Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island after these Senators objected to certain aspects of President Bush's tax cuts ).

Warner was among ten GOP Senators who voted against the charge of perjury during Clinton's impeachment ( the others were Richard Shelby of Alabama, Ted Stevens of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Olympia Snowe of Maine, John Chafee of Rhode Island, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Jim Jeffords of Vermont, Slade Gorton of Washington and Fred Thompson of Tennessee ).

Yet the Rockefeller Republican label is sometimes applied to such modern-day politicians as Senators Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins of Maine and Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.

" Santorum faced criticism for his comments from Republican Senators including Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Lincoln Chafee, and Gordon H. Smith.

He later served in the U. S. Senate as a senior aide to U. S. Senator Olympia Snowe, an influential moderate Republican from Maine, who Time magazine named one of the top 10 U. S. Senators in 2006.

Serving her fourteenth term in the House of Representatives, Kaptur is the dean of Ohio's congressional delegation, the longest currently-serving woman in the House and the second longest-serving ever after Edith Rogers ; in the Congress, she is currently tied for the third longest-serving woman with Senator Barbara Boxer, behind Senators Barbara Mikulski and Olympia Snowe.

The most Democratic-leaning state to have two Republican Senators is Maine, with Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.

In modern times, more liberal Republicans include Rudy Giuliani, Amo Houghton, Colin Powell, Jim Leach, Joseph Cao, Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and former Senators Jim Jeffords and Arlen Specter, both of whom later left the party.

March 2007-Bicycle Commuters Benefits Act ( H. R. 807, S. 2635 ), introduced by Senator Ron Wyden ( Democrat-OR ), and currently co-sponsored by Senators Olympia Snowe ( Republican-ME ), Maria Cantwell ( Democrat-WA ), Susan Collins ( Republican-ME ), Richard Durbin ( Democrat-Ill ), Robert Menendez ( Democrat-NJ ), Daniel Inouye ( Democrat-HI ), Norm Coleman ( Republican-MN ), and Mike Enzi ( Republican-WY ).

In April 2006, Snowe was selected by Time as one of " America's 10 Best Senators.

They included Senators Sam Nunn ( D-GA ) and William Cohen ( R-ME ), both members of the Armed Services Committee, and Representative Dan Daniel ( D-VA ), the chairman of the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness.

At a July 28, 2003 press conference, Senators Byron L. Dorgan ( D-ND ) and Ron Wyden ( D-OR ) claimed that PAM would allow trading in such events as coups d ' état, assassinations, and terrorist attacks, due to such events appearing on interface pictures on the project website.

Harkin ( in addition to U. S. Senators Dick Lugar, Tim Johnson, Byron Dorgan, Joe Biden and Barack Obama ), introduced the BioFuels Security Act ( S. 2817 / 109th ) on March 16, 2006.

Until recently, he did not gain the victory margins scored by North Dakota's two Democratic Senators, Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan.

The proposed legislation was sponsored by Senators Byron Dorgan ( ND ) and Russell Feingold ( WI ), two Democrats in the United States senate.

" Senators Mike DeWine of Ohio and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Republican and Democrat respectively, praised the design and the distinctiveness of the golden color.

Senator Coats cosponsored, with Democratic Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Christopher Dodd and then-Republican Senator James Jeffords, S. 2206: Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998.

The bill was cosponsored by the nine Senators: Birch Bayh, James O. Eastland, Jake Garn, Walter Huddleston, Daniel Inouye, Charles Mathias, John L. McClellan, Gaylord Nelson, and Strom Thurmond.

On February 19, 1924, Senators William B. Roberts and Arthur Marshall cosponsored Senate Bill No. 236, which established Delta State Teachers College, which Mississippi Governor Henry Whitfield signed on April 9, 1924.

Senators who had held magisterial office always spoke before those who had not, and if a Patrician ( an individual of aristocratic ancestry ) was of equal seniority as a plebeian ( an individual not of aristocratic ancestry ), the patrician would always speak first.

Anthrax was used in a series of attacks on the offices of several United States Senators in late 2001.

Senators are elected on the basis of a nationwide ballot, while representatives are elected in multimember districts co-located within the 32 national departments.

It met with stronger resistance in the Senate — some Senators objected to the change of name ; Ernest Manning, who argued that the rationale for the change was based on a misperception of the name, and George McIlraith, who did not agree with the manner in which the bill had been passed and urged the government to proceed in a more " dignified way "— but finally passed.

They played their first Western League game at Bennett Park on April 28, 1896, defeating the Columbus Senators 17 – 2.

A diplomatic row with China erupted on 5 May 2005, when President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan arrived for a private visit and was welcomed at a private function at Suva's Sheraton Resort by Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Ratu Ovini Bokini ( Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs ), Senate President Taito Waqavakatoga and several other Senators and MPs, and several judges including Chief Justice Daniel Fatiaki.

After being debriefed extensively by the CIA, Lockheed, and the Air Force, on March 6, 1962, Powers appeared before a Senate Armed Services Select Committee hearing chaired by Senator Richard Russell and including Senators Prescott Bush and Barry Goldwater Sr.

In 2010, the States assembly agreed to holding elections for all seats on a single date and to cut the number of Senators from 12 to 8.

* U. S. Senators John McCain and Barbara Boxer honored him on September 17, 2001, in a ceremony for San Francisco Bay Area victims of the attacks, presenting a folded American flag to Paul Holm.

It was not until 1959 that the word " Senators " first appeared on team shirts.

William Howard Taft started the tradition of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in 1910 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D. C., on the Washington Senators ' Opening Day.

Some of the Committee's duties include the confirmation of a new Praetor, and to hear criminal charges brought against Romulan Senators ( in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges ", the Continuing Committee convened to hear evidence of treason on the part of Senator Kimara Cretak ).

Severus ordered the execution of dozens of Senators on charges of corruption and conspiracy against him, replacing them with his own favorites.

The team's struggles led to a twist on a joke about the old Senators --" Washington: first in war, first in peace and still last in the American League.

In response, Marshall led the Senate to adopt a new rule on March 8, 1917, allowing filibusters to be broken by two-thirds of voting Senators.

During an exhibition game in Fenway Park against an All-Star team during early October, Williams was hit on the elbow by a curveball by the Washington Senators ' pitcher Mickey Haefner.

In the Senate, state power was to be based on state legislature election, two Senators generally to be elected by different state legislatures to better reflect the long term interests of the people living in each state.

The Article establishes the powers of and limitations on the Congress, consisting of a House of Representatives composed of Representatives, with each state gaining or losing representation in proportion to its population, and a Senate, composed of two Senators from each state.

The restriction on Congress's inability to " make or alter " regulations pertaining to the places of choosing Senators is largely an anachronism.

However, concerning children born in the United States to parents who are not U. S. citizens ( and not foreign diplomats ), three Senators, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lyman Trumbull, the author of the Civil Rights Act, as well as President Andrew Johnson, asserted that both the Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment would confer citizenship on them at birth, and no Senator offered a contrary opinion.

The legislative power is constituted by the General Assembly, composed of two chambers: the Chamber of Deputies of 99 members representing the 19 departments, elected based on proportional representation ; and the Chamber of Senators consisting of 31 members, 30 of whom are elected for a five year term by proportional representation and the Vice-president, who presides over the chamber.

His last NHL game in Canada was on April 15, 1999, a 2 – 2 tie with the Ottawa Senators, the Rangers ' second-to-last game of the season.

In practice, neither the Vice President nor the President pro tempore — customarily the most senior ( longest-serving ) Senator in the majority party — actually presides over the Senate on a daily basis ; that task is given to junior Senators of the majority party, in part so they may learn proper procedure.

He then won the November 1966 special election and was sworn in shortly thereafter, gaining seniority on other newly-elected U. S. Senators who would have to wait until January, 1967, to take the oath of office.

However, this is not necessary as some are simply signed in as guests of Senators or Members on the day of their visit.

The Senate debated its bill until March 1930, with many Senators trading votes based on their states ' industries.