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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Evans, Greg (February 1, 2020). "US Senate labelled 'dead' in Wikipedia prank as Trump impeachment trial set to collapse". The Independent. Retrieved February 1, 2020. A man named Bruce Halperin took to Wikipeadia [sic] to edit the US Senate page to announce its death and the death of American democracy.
Moran, Lee (February 1, 2020). "Someone Just Edited The Senate's Wikipedia Page In The Most Savage Way". HuffPost. Retrieved February 1, 2020. A prankster took a swipe at Donald Trump and declared the U.S. Senate to be 'dead' on its Wikipedia page after Senate Republicans voted to block witnesses from testifying in the impeachment trial of the president.

United States Senate is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

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Date	Process	Result
June 13, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
November 29, 2007	Featured article review	Demoted

Current status: Former featured article

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Removal of whips from infobox

I think the whips should be included in the infobox. It has been included until recently, and are described prominently alongside the majority and minority leaders in Party leaders of the United States Senate. Their roles are important enough to be listed is it not? Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 17:52, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update I've gone ahead and added it back because it is a long term edit that should be discussed here first before removal Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 00:58, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marco Rubio just got 99 votes in the US Senate confirming him as SoS

The graphic on the right of the article site shows that 2 seats are vacancies which doesn`t make any sense because Rubio would have been limited to 98 votes max if that would be true. 2003:DA:C71C:B700:2C21:EE4F:88C4:DBF8 (talk) 01:28, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rubio voted to confirm himself then resigned. The two vacancies are currently Rubio and Vance’s seats Bokmanrocks01 (talk) 02:54, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Apparantly both republican successors for US Senate are being sworn in this afternoon,, the two vacancies are filled soon. 2003:DA:C71C:B700:158D:7EF8:5D66:5B54 (talk) 18:10, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

United States Senate Template

Should Template:United States Senate be included somewhere in the article? 2603:6080:3804:7C8D:8A7:AB64:282:DFA2 (talk) 01:04, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nvm, im stupid its already there 2603:6080:3804:7C8D:8A7:AB64:282:DFA2 (talk) 04:30, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Civil rights amendment

Why can’t you specify how many democrats voted for this 2600:1700:C5F0:9A80:38F5:CE53:EB36:7E12 (talk) 01:43, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

confusing introduction

the introduction is slightly confusing to read, as the senates powers are distributed into 2 paragraphs which are separated by another paragraph which has nothing to do with its powers. ThurnerRupert (talk) 04:12, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization Error

The second sentence of the third paragraph of this page begins with "since 1913". The correct capitalization here would be "Since 1913". This page is semi-protected, so if someone with the necessary permissions could fix this error, it would be very much appreciated. Ironfist351- (talk) 16:52, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done. —Eyer (he/him) If you reply, add {{reply to|Eyer}} to your message. 16:56, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Informed Citizenship

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 January 2025 and 23 May 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mackenzie Margaret (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Mackenzie Margaret (talk) 05:14, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]