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U.S. Senate
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
U.S. Senate
Founded 1787
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Washington, D.C., United States
The United States Senate is one of two houses of the legislative branch of the US government. It was established by the US Constitution which went into effect in 1789.
