Connecticut Senate
The Senate of Connecticut (Connecticut State Senate ) is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
The chamber of parliament is composed of 36 Senators representing an electoral district respectively. Each of these units includes a fixed average rate of 94,600 inhabitants. The senators are elected for two -year terms; limiting the terms of office does not exist. The Senate of Connecticut is one of 14 top homes in the U.S. States, whose members are elected for two years; four-year parliamentary terms are more common.
The meeting room of the Senate is located together with the House of Representatives in the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.
Tasks of the Senate
The Senate of Connecticut in the fall as upper houses in other states and territories, as well as in the U.S. Senate compared to the House of Representatives special tasks that go beyond the law. So it is up to the Senate, nominations of the Governor in his cabinet to accept or reject other offices of the executive branch and commissions and authorities. In contrast to the majority of state legislatures in the United States, the members of the Supreme Court in Connecticut are elected by both houses of parliament.
Structure of the chamber
President of the Senate is the acting vice governor, respectively. At votes he only participates to bring about a decision in stalemates. In the absence of the Vice- Governor of the respective President pro tempore stands in front of the plenary sessions. This is elected by the majority party of the Senate and later confirmed by the chamber. Current Deputy Governor and Senate President is Democrat Nancy Wyman, President pro tempore of the Democrat Donald E. Williams.
For Majority Leader ( Majority leader) of Democrats Martin Looney was elected; Leader of the opposition (minority leader) is the Republican John P. McKinney.