Kennedy was one of only six senators in U.S. history to serve more than 40 years.
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The Court of Justice of the Republic, composed of six deputies, six senators and three appeal-court judges, was set up in part to remedy this.
There are, however, thirty-six Senators who have been elected since that time who have not benefited from any hearings, let alone real debate, about this treaty.
And many many times in Senate history, they have handled, disputed, or contested elections or appointments, often by referring this to a committee and saying you six senators, you sort it out.
Soon, a core group of six senators formed and met five times in the following weeks in the offices of Schumer and McCain, the source said, adding that Flake and Bennet also took part in some of the meetings and were the last to agree to the proposal.
That's surely the case with last week's reports that six liberal Senators are abandoning part of labor's top priority, "card check" legislation.
From Montana to Louisiana, these anxious voters have made at least six Democratic senators a little uneasy heading into next year's election season.
On Jan. 13, six Republican senators sent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a letter asking him to delay floor action until concerns are resolved.
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Six Republican senators have said they will vote against Hagel, including some who opposed him even before Obama's announcement, in a fresh sign of the fierce partisan politics.
Her sentencing comes a day after court papers were made public stating that in the summer of 2012, Ms. Huntley wore a hidden wire and recorded conversations with six state senators, a city councilman and two political aides.
And the truth of the matter is, is that the commission recommendations are ones that not only I, but the so-called Gang of Six, these senators in the United States Senate, agreed to as well.
With six-year terms, senators have long histories of roll-call votes.
Another recommendation calls for all politicians to serve four-year terms, to replace the current system under which senators serve for six years or three years and deputies and constables serve for three years.
The good news is that today a group of senators, the Gang of Six, Democrats and Republicans -- I guess now Gang of Seven, because one additional Republican senator added on -- put forward a proposal that is broadly consistent with the approach that I've urged.
It's the conclusion of the so-called Gang of Six, a bipartisan group of United States senators.
"In the past six years, there have been nine state senators who have lost in the general election but 11 have been arrested, " said Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group.
And Democratic senators started pitching him for attorney general six months ago.
The Senate marches to a different drum than the House does, with senators facing re-election only every six years, not every two.
For instance, both of Kentucky's senators are Republicans, as are five of its six congressmen.
Six members of Congress -- three House members and three senators -- are supposed to begin hammering out a compromise on the legislation soon, based on an agreement Monday by congressional leaders that ended weeks of wrangling.
It was on the table, rather -- put on the table by the Speaker of the House, and acknowledged -- it was certainly acknowledged by the nearly 20 Republican senators who endorsed the ideas behind the Gang of Six.
An initial report included a reduction to 42 States members from the current 50, a change to six super constituencies, four-year terms and the possible removal of senators and constables from the assembly.
Because the Senate only elects one-third of its members (to six-year terms) in each two-year election cycle, many Senators are insulated against the ebb and flow of voter attitudes about how government works.
The lopsided distribution of the 105 seats reflects a Canada that no longer exists: the maritime provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick each have 10 senators despite having much smaller populations than the four western provinces, which each have six.
Australia's 76 senators are elected through a proportional system in the country's eight states and territories for a six-year term (half running for election every three years).
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