The US Senate is one of the two houses of Congress. It meets in Washington, D.C., and consists of 100 senators, two from each State.
Every US State (except Nebraska) also has a State Senate. These State Senates meet in the State capitals, and their members are elected by communities within the State.
Generally the functions are similar but on a smaller scale.
However, US Senators are apportioned by the U.S. Constitution : 2 for each state regardless of a state's population. Under the various "one man, one vote" decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, state senators must be apportioned within the state based on population. That is, each state senator must represent roughly the same number of a given state's population.
A U.S. Senator is a Sentor that serves a state in the Senate in Washington DC. A State Senator serves his state in the State Senate in the state they are elected in.
A US senator represents his state.
A U.S. Senator has more power.
He was the junior senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama served as a senator in the Illinois state legislature between 1997-2004. He resigned when he was elected to the US senate.
The difference between the state legislature and the congerss is that the state legislature is state legislature while Congress is national legislature.
A US Senator represents all citizens of their respective state.
Andrew Johnson was a US Senator from TN and went on to be US president. Jefferson Davis was Us Senator from Miss. and went on to be Confederate president.
Every state has two U. S. Senators. The number of state senators depends on the state.
US Senator from Illinois. Prior to that he was a state senator from Illinois.
Senator Ted Kennedy (Died on 25 August 2009). Succeeded by Paul G. Kirk, Jr. The special election then elected Scott P. Brown to fill that seat. He will be seated in February 2010. Schumer and Gillibrand of New York.
The US has 100 senators, two for each state. You need to specify which state you are referring to.
among other things: US Senator from Illinois, Illinois State Senator