Browse the art and artifacts of the U.S. Senate Collection. Senate Stories Presented to enlighten, amuse, and inform, our new Senate history blog explores the forces, events, and personalities that have shaped the modern Senate.

Links to biographical information, Senate service accomplishments, military service, awards and honors, and more for current and former senators. States in the Senate Lists of all senators from each state and facts about each state's history in the U.S. Senate.

Explore the Senate’s Constitutional foundations, its unique role in America’s governmental system, and its rich history.

The Congressional Record is a substantially verbatim account of the remarks made by senators and representatives while they are on the floor of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It also includes all bills, resolutions, and motions proposed, as well as remarks and roll call votes.

View the semiannual Report of the Secretary of the Senate. Senate Printing & Document Room The Senate Printing & Document Room provides copies of publications generated by the Senate; including bills, reports, and committee assignment lists.

Explore the Senate's Constitutional foundations, its unique role in America's governmental system, and its rich history. Art & Artifacts Browse the art and artifacts of the U.S. Senate Collection.

The Senate is governed by the Constitution, a set of standing rules, precedents established in the course of the legislative process, and special rules of procedure adopted by statute for particular types of legislation.

Listed below are the current leadership and officers for the 118th Congress. Also available on Senate.gov are historical essays on and lists of Senate leadership and Senate officers.

The Constitution sets three qualifications for service in the U.S. Senate: age (at least thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election. The details of these qualifications were hammered out by the Constitution's framers during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, the Senate divides its tasks among 20 permanent committees, 4 joint committees, and occasionally temporary committees. More...