Senate

Senate researches, analyzes, and prepares bill reports. Plan and organizes public hearings and press conferences. Prepare speeches for the Senator.Prepare first drafts of bills and amendments and submit such to legal counsel. Perform other duties as requested or required.A senator's term of office is six years and approximately one-third of the total membership of the Senate is elected every two years. Look up brief biographies of Senators from 1774 to the present in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.The 17th Amendment to the Constitution requires Senators to be elected by a direct vote of those she or he will represent. Election winners are decided by the plurality rule. That is, the person who receives the highest number of votes wins.To guarantee senators' independence from short-term political pressures, the framers designed a six-year Senate term, three times as long as that of popularly elected members of the House of Representatives. Madison reasoned that longer terms would provide stability.A Senate term is six years long, so senators may choose to run for reelection every six years unless they are appointed or elected in a special election to serve the remainder of a term.Leader of Senate is Mitch McConnell and Chuck Chumer.The majority leader serves as the chief representative of their party in the Senate, and is considered the most powerful member of the Senate.