Unitit States Senate

Unitit States Senate
Unitit States Senate
	115t Unitit States Congress
	Seal o the U.S. Senate
	Banner o the U.S. Senate
Teep
Type	Upper house o the Unitit States Congress
Term leemits	None
History
New session stairtit	Januar 3, 2017
Leadership
Preses	Mike Pence (R) ; Syne Januar 20, 2017
Preses pro tempore	Orrin Hatch (R) ; Syne Januar 3, 2015
Majority Leader	Mitch McConnell (R) ; Syne Januar 3, 2015
Minority Leader	Chuck Schumer (D) ; Syne January 3, 2017
Majority Whip	John Cornyn (R) ; Syne Januar 3, 2015
Minority Whip	Dick Durbin (D) ; Syne Januar 3, 2015
Structure
Seats	100
Poleetical groups	Majority (51) Republican (51); Minority (49) Democratic (47); Independent (2);
Lenth o term	6 years
Elections
Votin seestem	First-past-the-post
Last election	November 8, 2016
Neist election	November 6, 2018
Meeting place
	Senate chamber; Unitit States Capitol; Washington, D.C., Unitit States
Wabsteid
	www.senate.gov

The United States Senate is a legislative chamber in the bicameral legislatur o the United States, an thegither wi the Hoose o Representatives maks up the U.S. Congress.