senate
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The senate said it will convene a work group to meet over the next year to look at the issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
It also happens to include more Arab and Muslim Americans in one senate district than we’ve ever seen before.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Talks between Ottawa and Washington “are pretty firmly stuck,” said Steve Verheul, the former chief Canadian trade negotiator, in testimony last week before the country’s senate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The new senate leadership said it would only allow Dela Rosa's arrest if it was ordered by a Philippine court.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Meanwhile the sun climbed in the sky, shining through the broken senate roof and giving Octavian a natural spotlight.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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Since news of the deal broke, he said he has met with the system chancellors, provosts, program directors and faculty senates about the acquisition.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
The Missouri and North Carolina senates currently are the only chambers offering just audio, which can make it difficult for listeners to recognize the speakers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2021
The animosity has spread to the 50 statehouses and the 7,382 people who serve in the houses and senates there.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2012
See the bold chiefs, who would reform a state And shake down senates, mad with wrath and dread At sight of one patrician!
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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