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There are nominally 100 senators (two from each state) in the US Senate. In practice, at any given time the number may be slightly less due to resignations/deaths.

Non-states (the District of Columbia and US territories) are not entitled to representation in the Senate. They do have "delegates" (who can speak, and can vote in committees, but not in floor votes ... except that they're allowed to vote in the "committee of the whole", which in practice is how the House normally conducts business, if their votes don't make any difference in the ultimate outcome on an on-again off-again basis; currently, this is off, partially because it's kind of stupid to say "you can vote but only if your vote doesn't matter", and partially because all delegates are Democrats or allied with the Democrats and the House is currently controlled by Republicans) in the House of Representatives, but not in the Senate.

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Doris Carter

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