United States Senate from Florida

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The United States Senate from Florida refers to the two-member delegation representing the state of Florida in the U.S. Senate, participating in federal legislative duties and national policymaking.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate state delegation ⓘ
legislative delegation ⓘ
amendmentAffectingElection Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
chamber United States Senate ⓘ
classStructure divided into Senate classes ⓘ
constituency State of Florida ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentMember Marco Rubio ⓘ
Rick Scott ⓘ
currentMemberParty Republican Party ⓘ
Republican Party (Marco Rubio) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

Republican Party (Rick Scott) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
currentMemberSince Marco Rubio, January 3, 2011 ⓘ
Rick Scott, January 3, 2019 ⓘ
electoralSystem popular vote ⓘ
hasRole advice and consent on presidential nominations ⓘ
consideration of federal legislation ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
ratification of treaties ⓘ
representation of Florida in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
historicalNote Florida has been represented in the U.S. Senate since its admission to the Union in 1845 ⓘ
impeachmentRole jury in impeachment trials conducted by the Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction federal matters of the United States ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf United States federal government ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsAt United States Capitol ⓘ
numberOfMembers 2 ⓘ
numberOfSenateClassesRepresented 2 ⓘ
numberOfVotesInSenate 2 ⓘ
oversightMechanism committee hearings ⓘ
investigations ⓘ
participatesIn federal lawmaking ⓘ
national policymaking ⓘ
partOf Florida congressional delegation ⓘ
relatedInstitution United States House of Representatives from Florida ⓘ
represents residents of Florida ⓘ
responsibility approval of federal budget legislation ⓘ
impeachment trials participation ⓘ
selectionMethod direct election by voters of Florida ⓘ
stateRepresented Florida ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
termLimit no term limits ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation equal representation of the state regardless of population ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Charlie Crist → officeContested → United States Senate from Florida ⓘ
Florida congressional delegation → hasPart → United States senators from Florida ⓘ
linked to: United States Senate from Florida
Maurice A. Ferré → officeContested → United States Senate from Florida ⓘ
2018 United States Senate election in Florida → officeContested → United States Senate seat from Florida ⓘ
linked to: United States Senate from Florida
Val Demings → officeContested → United States Senate seat from Florida ⓘ
linked to: United States Senate from Florida