Australia has 13 political parties that either have a seat in the senate or a seat in the house of reps. The biggest party is the Coalition.
Currently there are 100 seats in the U-S Senate. Each state in the Union (in this day and age, that is 50 states) is allowed two seats in the Senate. This is in the Constitution of the U-S. 50 x2 equals 100.
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Every two years, one U.S. Senate seat of each of two thirds of the states comes up for election.
Lincoln never held a seat in the US Senate, but he ran for it in 1858 against Douglas.
Warren G Harding started his political career in the Republican Party in 1898 where he successfully won a seat in the Ohio Senate and he served there until 1903.
Supposing the seat of government was transferred out of Rome, the Senate was reduced to a municipal body.
The citizens of the state who vote for the candidate running for the senate seat.
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There were 35 US Senate seats voted upon in the November 2008 elections including 33 normally scheduled seats, 1 seat open by retirement, and 1 seat open due to the death of the seat's previous occupant.
As of 12/10, the House is 59 R, 39 D, and 2 I. The 2 Independents caucus with the Rs. The Senate is 22 D and 18 R. There will be special elections in January 2011 for an R Senate seat and an R House seat as those members were elected to Congress.