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The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of whom is elected to a two-year term. Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the normal four-year term as in the majority of states. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Rhode Island Senate meet at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence.

Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, commissions, boards, or justices to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Senate leadership

The President of the Senate presides over the body, appointing members to all of the Senate's committees and joint committees, and may create other committees and subcommittees if desired. Unlike other states, the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island does not preside over the Senate, and is instead active in other areas such as state commissions on health and businesses. In the Senate President's absence, the President Pro Tempore presides.

The current President of the Senate is Democrat Joseph A. Montalbano of District 17 (Pawtucket, North Providence, Lincoln). The Senate Majority Leader is M. Teresa Paiva-Weed of District 13 (Newport, Jamestown). The Senate Minority Leader is Dennis L. Algiere of District 38 (Westerly, Charlestown).

Leadership positions

  • Joseph A. Montalbano (D)- President of the Senate
  • John C. Revens, Jr. (D) - President Pro Tempore
  • M. Teresa Paiva-Weed (D) - Senate Majority Leader
  • Dennis L. Algiere (R) - Senate Minority Leader
  • Dominick J. Ruggerio (D) - Majority Whip
  • Kevin A. Breene (R) - Minority Whip

Committee leadership

  • Stephen D. Alves (D) - Committee on Finance
  • Roger R. Badeau (D) - Committee on Labor
  • Daniel P. Connors (D) - Committee on Rules
  • Maryellen Goodwin (D) - Committee on Constitutional & Regulatory Issues
  • Daniel J. Issa (D) - Committee on Education
  • J. Michael Lenihan (D) - Committee on Government Oversight
  • Michael J. McCaffrey (D) - Committee on the Judiciary
  • Rhoda E. Perry (D) - Committee on Health & Human Services
  • V. Susan Sosnowski (D) - Committee on the Environment & Agriculture
  • John J. Tassoni, Jr. (D) - Committee on Housing & Municipal Government
  • William A. Walaska (D) - Committee on Corporations

Make-up of the Senate

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 33
  Republican Party 5
 Total
 38
 Majority
 28

Other senators

  • David E. Bates (R)
  • Leo R. Blais (R)
  • Frank A. Ciccone III (D)
  • Marc A. Cote (D)
  • Daniel DaPonte (D)
  • James E. Doyle II (D)
  • Walter S. Felag, Jr. (D)
  • Paul W. Fogarty (D)
  • Hanna M. Gallo (D)
  • June N. Gibbs (R)
  • Paul V. Jabour (D)
  • Beatrice A. Lanzi (D)
  • Charles J. Levesque (D)
  • Christopher B. Maselli (D)
  • John F. McBurney III (D)
  • Harold M. Metts (D)
  • Joshua Miller (D)
  • Paul E. Moura (D)
  • Juan M. Pichardo (D)
  • Leonidas P. Raptakis (D)
  • James C. Sheehan (D)


See also

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